Homemade Soft Pretzel Recipe
joyfoodsunshine.com · 2022 · 8 pretzels
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More butter than 93% of recipes and more sugar than 94%.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 93% of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%, about twice as much.
- More sugar than 94% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about 4.5 times as much.
- More water than 81% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More yeast than 82% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (11)
- 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast≈ 7 g
- 1 cup warm water (105-110 degrees F)≈ 237 g
- 3 Tablespoons dark brown sugar≈ 41 g
- 2 Tablespoons whole milk (room temperature.)≈ 31 g
- ¼ cup salted butter (melted)≈ 57 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 quarts water≈ 3792 g
- ½ cup baking soda≈ 144 g
- 3 Tablespoons salted butter (melted)≈ 43 g
- Coarse sea salt (to taste)n/a
flour 375 gbatter 754 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 173 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Water71% · 82nd percentile · median 63%
- Butter15% · 94th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar11% · 95th percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.6% · 42nd percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast1.9% · 86th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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