Homemade Soft Pretzels
Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2026 · 8
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More salt than 76% 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 76% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- 1 (¼ ounce) package active dry yeast (or 2¼ teaspoons)7 g
- 1½ cups warm water (plus more as needed)≈ 356 g
- 4½ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled (563g))563 g
- 2 teaspoons fine sea salt≈ 12 g
- ¼ cup neutral oil or unsalted butter (melted, plus more for brushing)≈ 57 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Coarse sea salt (for sprinkling)n/a
- 6 cups water≈ 1422 g
- 2 tablespoons baking soda≈ 36 g
flour 563 gbatter 1007 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 · median 63%
- Butter10% · 75th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar2.2% · 43rd percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt2.1% · 81st percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast1.3% · 45th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 14 to 16 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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