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Apfel Brioche

Original in German

Team Marcel Paa · marcelpaa.com · 2026 · 12 Stück

Against 217 brioche recipes

Less butter than 92% of recipes and less egg than 85%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 92% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 36%, about half as much.
  • Less egg than 85% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
  • More milk or water than 75% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%.
Butter: 16%, 6th percentileEgg: 20%, 10th percentileSugar: 10%, 26th percentileMilk or water: 40%, 77th percentileSalt: 1.6%, 56th percentileYeast: 1.3%, 42nd percentileButterEggSugarMilk orwaterSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 500 g Weissmehl ((Weizenmehl Type 550))500 g
  • 50 g hello sweety ((alternativ: Kristallzucker))50 g
  • 200 g Vollmilch200 g
  • 8 g Salz8 g
  • 20 g Frischhefe20 g
  • 80 g Butter80 g
  • 2 Eier≈ 100 g
  • etwas Zitronenabriebn/a
  • Puderzuckern/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 3 Äpfel ((450-500g))500 g
  • 30 g Mandeln, gemahlen ((alternativ: Haselnüsse))30 g
  • 1 TL Zimtblütenpulver ((alternativ: Zimtpulver))≈ 2.6 g
  • etwas Zitronensaftn/a

flour 500 gbatter 958 g

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

Baker's percentages

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

  • Butter16% · 6th percentile
  • Egg20% · 10th percentile
  • Sugar10% · 26th percentile
  • Milk or water40% · 77th percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 56th percentile
  • Yeast1.3% · 42nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
15 minutes
median 30 minutes

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