Challah Crowns

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2014 · 2 round loaves (about 12 to 16 servings)

Against 72 challah recipes

More sweetener than 98% of recipes and more salt than 80%.

How it compares

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

More sweetener than 98% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%, about twice as much.
More salt than 80% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
More egg than 79% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.

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

4 cups all-purpose flour (1 pound, 1 3/8 ounces), plus up to 3/4 cup (3 1/2 ounces) more for kneading≈ 500 g
2 tablespoons sugar (7/8 ounce)≈ 25 g
2 1/4 teaspoons rapid rise yeast (1/4 ounce package)≈ 7 g
1 cup warm water, about 110 degrees F≈ 237 g
1/3 cup honey≈ 113 g
2 whole large eggs≈ 100 g
3 large egg yolks≈ 54 g
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil≈ 55 g
1 tablespoon kosher salt≈ 12 g
1 tablespoon poppy seeds (optional)≈ 15 g

flour 500 gbatter 1118 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.