Bialy Recipe: Classic Jewish Onion Rolls from Białystok
KosherBreadPro · kosherbreadpro.com · 2026 · 12 bialys
Against 22 bialy recipes
Close to the middle of 22 bialy recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 22 bialy recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Salt below the middle half: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%, less than 72% of recipes use.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 62% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
Ingredients (10)
- 650 g high-gluten bread flour (5 cups)650 g
- 400 g water (1 2/3 cups)400 g
- 5 g instant yeast (1 1/2 tsp)5 g
- 12 g fine sea salt (2 tsp)12 g
- 8 g barley malt syrup (1 1/2 tsp)8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 300 g yellow onions, finely diced (2 medium)300 g
- 30 g neutral vegetable oil (2 Tbsp)30 g
- 15 g poppy seeds (2 Tbsp)15 g
- 2 g fine sea salt for filling (1/4 tsp)2 g
- Pinch of black pepper≈ 0.4 g
flour 650 gbatter 1075 g
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 22 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Water62% · 30th percentile · median 63%
- Salt1.8% · 25th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast0.8% · 70th percentile · median 0.5%
- Sugar or malt0% · 32nd percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 41st percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 500°F / 260°C
- median 475°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 14 minutes
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