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Easy Pretzel Rolls

Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2017 · 12 rolls

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

More butter than 80% of recipes and more water than 75%.

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How it compares

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

  • More butter than 80% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%.
  • More water than 75% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
  • Less salt than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Water: 71%, 78th percentileButter: 11%, 81st percentileSugar: 2.8%, 63rd percentileSalt: 1.2%, 19th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 59th percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) warm water (lukewarm, no need to take temperature but around 100°F (38°C) is great)≈ 356 g
  • 2 and 1/4 teaspoons (7g) instant or active dry yeast (1 standard packet)7 g
  • 1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons; 56g) unsalted butter, divided56 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar≈ 14 g
  • 3 and 3/4–4 cups (469–500g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled), plus more for work surface500 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • coarse sea salt for sprinklingn/a
  • 1/2 cup (120g) baking soda120 g
  • 9 cups (2,160ml) water≈ 2133 g

flour 500 gbatter 938 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.

  • Water71% · 78th percentile
  • Butter11% · 81st percentile
  • Sugar2.8% · 63rd percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 19th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 59th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 425°F
Time
22 to 26 minutes
median 15 minutes

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