Sourdough Challah

Melissa Johnson · breadtopia.com

Against 72 challah recipes

Less sweetener than 97% of recipes and less oil than 94%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less sweetener than 97% of recipes: 5.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%, about half as much.
Less oil than 94% of recipes: 4.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 12%, about half as much.
No yeast at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 1.8% of the flour weight).

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

This recipe was developed using weight measurements. Conversions to volume are approximations.n/a
Sweet Stiff Levainn/a
72 grams all purpose flour (1/2 cup)72 g
32 grams water (2 Tbsp)32 g
24 grams sugar (2 Tbsp)24 g
24 grams sourdough starter (2 Tbsp)24 g
Doughn/a
460 grams bread flour (3 1/2 cups)460 g
8 grams salt (1 1/2 tsp)8 g
4 grams sugar (1 tsp)4 g
160 grams water (2/3 cup)160 g
3 eggs≈ 150 g
all of the sweet stiff levain (~152 grams)152 g
26 grams oil (2 Tbsp)26 g

flour 532 gbatter 1112 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 72 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: egg, oil, sweetener, water, salt, yeast.