Grammy's Kitchen · Soft Pretzels · Classic Pretzels
One of 37 soft pretzels recipes we measured
It ranks #2 of 37 for crust crispness among the soft pretzels recipes we compared. 25 cooks on www.kingarthurbaking.com rate it 4.1★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 284% | 207% |
| fat | 0% | 6% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| yeast | 5% | 18% |
| total sugar | 3% | 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.
| 11 g | 1 tablespoon (11g) granulated sugar |
| 454 g | 2 cups (454g) water, room-temperature |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons instant yeast |
| 340 g | 3 cups (340g) King Arthur Golden Wheat Flour |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons (6g) non-diastatic malt powder or 2 teaspoons (8g) granulated sugar |
| 18 g | 1 tablespoon (18g) table salt |
| 300 g | 2 1/2 to 3 cups (300g to 360g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour |
| 1361 g | 6 cups (1361g) water |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28g) baking soda |
| pretzel salt or kosher salt |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.kingarthurbaking.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.