Grammy's Kitchen · Soft Pretzels · Soft Homemade Pretzels
One of 83 soft pretzels recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
42 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.2★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 83.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 60% | 173% |
| fat | 3% | 6% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| yeast | 3% | 14% |
| total sugar | 6% | 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.
| 14 g | 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast |
| 237 g | 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C)) |
| 420 g | 3.5 cups all-purpose flour |
| 25 g | 2 tablespoons white sugar |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon shortening, melted |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 50 g | 1 egg yolk |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon water |
| coarse salt, or to taste |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“It was raining outside and I wanted to make something new. Why not pretzels? I went through a bunch of recipes, but this one seemed easiest. And it was! I used brown sugar instead of regular sugar,only 3 cups of flour (as suggested) and I boiled them because o” — a cook, 5★
“I have perfected this recipe already. My recipe changes are as follows. I do not use shortening at all. Another tip to better pretzels is heat a pot of boiling water. I use an upside down cookie sheet with paper and after the dough raises I put the Pretzels in” — a cook, 3★