Grammy's Kitchen · Soft Pretzels · Sourdough Pretzels
One of 83 soft pretzels recipes we measured
287 cooks on www.kingarthurbaking.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 83.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 69% | 173% |
| fat | 13% | 6% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| yeast | 2% | 14% |
| total sugar | 6% | 3% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 198 g | 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (198g) water |
| 227 g | 1 cup (227g) sourdough starter, unfed/discard |
| 360 g | 3 cups (360g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour |
| 28 g | 1/4 cup (28g) King Arthur Baker's Special Dry Milk or nonfat dry milk |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon (14g) granulated sugar or 2 tablespoons (18g) non-diastatic malt powder |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon butter or vegetable oil |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons (9g) table salt |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons instant yeast |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon (14g) granulated sugar or 1 tablespoon (9g) non-diastatic malt powder |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28g) water |
| pretzel salt | |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28g) melted butter, optional |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.kingarthurbaking.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.