Homemade Soft Pretzels
sugarspunrun.com · 2019 · 10 soft pretzels
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More sugar than 92% of recipes and more yeast than 88%.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 92% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about 4.5 times as much.
- More yeast than 88% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (12)
- 3 cups bread flour (plus additional as needed )≈ 381 g
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar (tightly packed)≈ 41 g
- 2 ½ teaspoons instant/rapid rise yeast≈ 8 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)≈ 28 g
- 1 cup hot water (between 110-115F (43-46C))≈ 237 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Olive or canola oil (for bowl)n/a
- 8 cups water≈ 1896 g
- ¼ cup baking soda ((yes that is correct, ¼ cup))≈ 72 g
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)≈ 50 g
- 1 Tablespoon water≈ 15 g
- Pretzel salt or coarse sea salt (for sprinkling)n/a
flour 381 gbatter 702 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.
- Water62% · 40th percentile · median 63%
- Butter7.5% · 54th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar11% · 93rd percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.6% · 42nd percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast2% · 90th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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