Rainbow Brioche

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2020 · One 9 by 5-inch loaf

Against 217 brioche recipes

Less sugar than 92% of recipes and more salt than 95%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 217 brioche recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less sugar than 92% of recipes: 7.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about half as much.
More salt than 95% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about twice as much.
More egg than 78% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (see Cook's Note)≈ 344 g
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (about half of one 1/4-ounce packet)≈ 3.9 g
2 tablespoons sugar≈ 25 g
2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 10 g
1/2 cup whole milk≈ 122 g
4 large eggs≈ 200 g
1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cubed and at room temperature, plus more for the plastic wrap and brushing the bread≈ 141 g
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple gel food coloringn/a

flour 344 gbatter 846 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 217 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: butter, egg, sugar, milk or water, salt, yeast.