Homemade Soft Pretzels
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2011 · 8
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
Close to the middle of 173 soft pretzel recipes on every ingredient.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Ingredients (10)
- 1 ½ cups warm water (110°F to 115°F)≈ 356 g
- 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 8 g
- 1 package active dry yeast≈ 7 g
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 563 g
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted and cooled slightly)≈ 57 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 10 cups water≈ 2370 g
- ⅔ cup baking soda≈ 192 g
- 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon water≈ 18 g
- Additional kosher salt for sprinklingn/a
flour 563 gbatter 1002 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% · 50th percentile · median 63%
- Butter10% · 75th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar2.2% · 43rd percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.4% · 31st percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast1.2% · 33rd percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 14 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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