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Millie's Whole Wheat Challah

King Arthur Baking · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 servings / One 15" to 16" braid, 16 servings

Against 72 challah recipes

Less water than 90% of recipes and more oil than 87%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less water than 90% of recipes: 26% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • More oil than 87% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 12%.
  • More sweetener than 80% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
  • More yeast than 75% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Egg: 23%, 38th percentileOil: 17%, 88th percentileSweetener: 20%, 82nd percentileWater: 26%, 8th percentileSalt: 2.1%, 67th percentileYeast: 1.8%, 79th percentileEggOilSweetenerWaterSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1/2 cup (113g) lukewarm water113 g
  • 6 tablespoons (74g) vegetable oil74 g
  • 1/4 cup (85g) honey85 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 2 cups (191g) King Arthur Whole Wheat Pastry Flour*191 g
  • 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour240 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons (9g) table salt9 g
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast≈ 8 g

flour 431 gbatter 820 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.

  • Egg23% · 38th percentile
  • Oil17% · 88th percentile
  • Sweetener20% · 82nd percentile
  • Water26% · 8th percentile
  • Salt2.1% · 67th percentile
  • Yeast1.8% · 79th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 350°F
Time
20 minutes
median 28 minutes

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