Ron's Braided Challah
Ron Ben-Israel · foodnetwork.com · 2016 · 1 loaf
Against 72 challah recipes
Less sweetener than 79% of recipes and more water than 79%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sweetener than 79% of recipes: 8.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
- More water than 79% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less yeast than 75% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (14)
- 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
- 1 3/4 teaspoons active dry yeast≈ 5 g
- 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons water (warm but not boiling)≈ 237 g
- 2 cups bread flour (scoop and sweep method, un-sifted), plus more for dusting≈ 254 g
- 2 cups semolina flour (scoop and sweep method, un-sifted)≈ 250 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt≈ 9 g
- 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more to drizzle≈ 55 g
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey≈ 32 g
- 2 large egg yolks≈ 36 g
- 1 large whole egg≈ 50 g
- 3/4 cup raisins, optional≈ 113 g
- 1 yolk≈ 18 g
- 1 tablespoon cream or milk≈ 15 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Sesame seeds, for sprinkling, optionaln/a
flour 504 gbatter 1085 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.
- Egg21% · 31st percentile · median 25%
- Oil11% · 44th percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener8.7% · 20th percentile · median 13%
- Water50% · 80th percentile · median 40%
- Salt1.8% · 47th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.1% · 22nd percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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