Grammy's Kitchen · Soft Pretzels · Homemade Pretzel
One of 37 soft pretzels recipes we measured
from handletheheat.com
It ranks #1 of 37 for crust crispness among the soft pretzels recipes we compared. 154 cooks on handletheheat.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 213% | 207% |
| fat | 0% | 6% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| yeast | 1% | 18% |
| total sugar | 2% | 3% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 9 g | 1 tablespoon active dry yeast |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon barley malt syrup or light brown sugar |
| 355 g | 1 1/2 cups (355 grams) warm water (about 110°F), (divided) |
| 635 g | 5 cups (635 grams) all-purpose flour |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 40 g | 2 tablespoons (40 grams) food grade lye, |
| 1000 g | 1 liter (1000 grams) water, room temperature |
| Pretzel salt or coarse salt |
Method: 11 steps, published by handletheheat.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi, I made the pretzels and wondering what I did wrong. That a few of my pretzels are white in certain areas. I can think I may have not submerged the pretzel fully in the Lye bath. Also, I wanted them to be softer so I let them rise for an extra 30 minutes an” — a cook, 4.0★
“These are AMAZING! I’ve made many pretzels in my life. This recipe is exactly like the pretzels you buy at a roller rink or the bowling alley when they are fresh!! So delicious, and so happy I found it! Don’t use the baking soda bath. Go one Amazon, it’s wor” — a cook, 5.0★