Easy Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2020 · 24 pretzel bites
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More water than 98% of recipes and more yeast than 99%.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 98% of recipes: 84% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More yeast than 99% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about 2.5 times as much.
- No butter at all, where 79% of recipes use some (most of those 5.7 to 11% of the flour weight).
- Less salt than 85% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (see note)≈ 281 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 teaspoon sugar≈ 4.2 g
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast≈ 9 g
- 1 cup warm water≈ 237 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/2 cup very hot water≈ 119 g
- 2 tablespoons baking soda≈ 36 g
- Coarse (kosher salt)n/a
- 3 tablespoons butter (melted)≈ 43 g
flour 281 gbatter 535 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.
- Water84% · 99th percentile · median 63%
- Butter0% · 10th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar1.5% · 29th percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.1% · 13th percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast3.3% · 100th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 500°F / 260°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 7 to 8 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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