Sourdough Challah Bread

farmhouseonboone.com · 2022 · 12

Against 72 challah recipes

More sweetener than 95% of recipes and less water than 94%.

How it compares

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

More sweetener than 95% of recipes: 25% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
Less water than 94% of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
No yeast at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 1.8% of the flour weight).
More oil than 83% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 12%.

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

1 cup sourdough starter (active and bubbly)≈ 240 g
3 1/2 cups bread flour≈ 445 g
1/2 cup all-purpose≈ 63 g
6 tablespoons honey≈ 126 g
6 tablespoons oil (any neutral tasting oil will do. I did coconut oil melted)≈ 82 g
3 large eggs≈ 150 g
2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
1/2 cup water≈ 119 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 507 gbatter 1235 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.