Soft Pretzel Recipe
preppykitchen.com · 2021 · 8 pretzels
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
Less salt than 75% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
Ingredients (10)
- 1½ cups warm water ((105-110°F) (360mL))≈ 356 g
- 1 (.25-ounce/7g) packet instant yeast ((2¼ teaspoons))7 g
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted and slightly cooled)≈ 28 g
- 4 to 4¼ cups all-purpose flour (divided (480-510g))510 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ⅔ cup baking soda ((250g))250 g
- 10 cups water ((2.4 liters))≈ 2370 g
- Egg wash (1 large egg beaten with 1 teaspoon water) (optional)n/a
- Coarse or flaky sea salt (for sprinkling)n/a
flour 510 gbatter 919 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.
- Water70% · 73rd percentile · median 63%
- Butter5.6% · 40th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar2.5% · 55th percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.2% · 19th percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast1.4% · 59th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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