Grammy's Kitchen · Soft Pretzels · Homemade Soft Pretzels
One of 83 soft pretzels recipes we measured
27 cooks on www.browneyedbaker.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 83.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 507% | 173% |
| fat | 11% | 6% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| yeast | 28% | 14% |
| 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.
| 355 g | 1 1/2 cups warm water |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon light brown sugar |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons kosher salt |
| 7 g | 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast (1 packet) |
| 540 g | 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted) |
| 2366 g | 10 cups water |
| 147 g | 2/3 cup baking soda |
| 50 g | 1 egg yolk |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon water |
| Coarse salt (for sprinkling) |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.browneyedbaker.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Shelby Bowers — September 26, 2020 @ 11:24 pm Reply I made this pretzel dough, and used it to make pretzel dogs. I just took the dough and cut one portion in half and rolled it out with rolling pin and then wrapped around Hebrew National. all beef hotdogs most” — a cook
“Mike Adams — February 15, 2016 @ 6:27 pm Reply Lye solution is a harsh chemical but unquestionably makes the best looking and tasting Pretzels. It’s what the pros use commercially. The lye is what turns the Pretzel dough that classic “dark brown” once baked. B” — a cook