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Gluten-Free Soft Pretzels

Charlotte Rutledge · kingarthurbaking.com · 12 pretzels

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

Less water than 89% of recipes and more sugar than 87%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less water than 89% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
  • More sugar than 87% of recipes: 7.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about 3 times as much.
  • Less yeast than 75% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Water: 52%, 11th percentileButter: 5.1%, 36th percentileSugar: 7.1%, 88th percentileSalt: 1.5%, 36th percentileYeast: 1.1%, 22nd percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 3 1/2 cups (546g) King Arthur Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour546 g
  • 3 tablespoons (39g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed39 g
  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast≈ 6 g
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons (8g) table salt8 g
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum≈ 4.9 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1 1/4 cups (283g) water, warm283 g
  • 1 large egg, room temperature≈ 50 g
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) butter, softened28 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 4 quarts (3629g) water3629 g
  • 1/4 cup (50g) baking soda50 g
  • 2 tablespoons (25g) granulated sugar25 g
  • coarse, kosher, or pretzel salt, optionaln/a

flour 546 gbatter 967 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.

  • Water52% · 11th percentile
  • Butter5.1% · 36th percentile
  • Sugar7.1% · 88th percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 36th percentile
  • Yeast1.1% · 22nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 425°F
Time
18 to 20 minutes
median 15 minutes

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