Grammy's Kitchen · Soft Pretzels · Sourdough Soft Pretzels
One of 37 soft pretzels recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
It ranks #5 of 37 for flavour depth among the soft pretzels recipes we compared. 7 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 684% | 207% |
| fat | 9% | 6% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 18% | 18% |
| total sugar | 13% | 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.
| 2/3 cup active, bubbly sourdough starter | |
| 158 g | 2/3 cup warm water (90-100F/32-38C ) |
| 40 g | 3 Tablespoons honey ((may substitute 3 Tablespoons/40g light brown sugar, firmly packed)) |
| 28 g | 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (melted) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon table salt |
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups bread flour (plus more as needed ) |
| 1893 g | 8 cups water |
| 55 g | 1/4 cup lye (see note if you prefer to use baking soda ) |
| Pretzel salt (for sprinkling ) |
Method: 14 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Fantastic recipe! I've just started on my sourdough journey and was looking for a fun new way to use some starter up. A few quick swaps; I used plain sugar and oil in the dough since it's what I had and it worked beautifully. I also added an 1/8 cup of sugar t” — a cook, 5.0★
“I'm trying to get my act together and start baking more frequently with the starter I keep feeding. Despite doing almost everything I could wrong, this recipe was still OUTSTANDING! The flavor is decidedly pretzely flavored, unlike so many others that are mo” — a cook, 5.0★