Mom's Challah
Jenn Louis · foodnetwork.com · 2019 · 8 servings
Against 72 challah recipes
More egg than 97% of recipes and less water than 98%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 97% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
- Less water than 98% of recipes: 21% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast≈ 6 g
- 1/3 cup water≈ 79 g
- 1/4 cup sugar≈ 50 g
- 1/4 cup orange juice≈ 59 g
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 8 g
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more, softened, for the bowl≈ 43 g
- 3 large eggs, divided≈ 150 g
- 1/4 cup golden raisins≈ 38 g
- 3 cups bread flour≈ 381 g
flour 381 gbatter 814 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 72 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Egg39% · 98th percentile · median 25%
- Oil11% · 47th percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener13% · 49th percentile · median 13%
- Water21% · 1st percentile · median 40%
- Salt2.1% · 67th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.6% · 64th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 35 to 45 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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