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Giant Jalapeño Pretzels

Molly Marzalek-Kelly · kingarthurbaking.com · 6 / 2 giant pretzels

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

More salt than 86% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 86% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 9.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%.
Water: 63%, 44th percentileButter: 9.3%, 66th percentileSugar: 2.1%, 37th percentileSalt: 2.3%, 87th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 59th percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 3 3/4 cups (450g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour450 g
  • 1 1/4 cups (284g) water, lukewarm284 g
  • 3 tablespoons (42g) unsalted butter, softened42 g
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons granulated sugar≈ 10 g
  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast≈ 6 g
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons table salt≈ 11 g
  • 3 jalapeño peppers, diced (not seeded)*n/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 2 cups (454g) water, boiling454 g
  • 1/4 cup (56g) baking soda56 g
  • 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water (egg wash)≈ 50 g
  • 3/4 to 1 teaspoon coarse salt, kosher salt, or pretzel salt≈ 5 g
  • 1 tablespoon (14g) unsalted butter14 g
  • 1 tablespoon King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour≈ 8 g
  • 1 cup (227g) milk, whole preferred227 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (170g) Monterey Jack cheese, shredded170 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder≈ 2.5 g
  • heaping 1/4 teaspoon table saltn/a

flour 450 gbatter 802 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.

  • Water63% · 44th percentile
  • Butter9.3% · 66th percentile
  • Sugar2.1% · 37th percentile
  • Salt2.3% · 87th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 59th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 425°F
Time
20 to 24 minutes
median 15 minutes

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