Soft Pretzel Recipe
tasteandtellblog.com · 2020 · 12 pretzels
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
No butter, unlike 79% of recipes and more water than 87%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No butter at all, where 79% of recipes use some (most of those 5.7 to 11% of the flour weight).
- More water than 87% of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (11)
- 4 cups (1 lb 1 oz or 482 g) bread flour482 g
- 1 tablespoon (13 g) sugar13 g
- 1 1/4 teaspoon (8 g) kosher salt8 g
- 2 teaspoons (8 g) active dry or instant yeast8 g
- 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk≈ 244 g
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) hot tap water≈ 119 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 quarts (1.89 L) water≈ 1896 g
- 2 tablespoons (28 g) baking soda28 g
- 1 egg white (whisked until frothy)≈ 33 g
- Pretzel salt or coarse kosher saltn/a
- 6 tablespoons (90 ml) melted butter≈ 85 g
flour 482 gbatter 874 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.
- Water75% · 88th percentile · median 63%
- Butter0% · 10th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar2.7% · 61st percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.7% · 49th percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast1.7% · 77th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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