Molly's Challah
Molly Yeh · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 servings
Against 72 challah recipes
Close to the middle of 72 challah recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Oil in the middle half of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 12%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast or instant yeast≈ 7 g
- 3/4 cup (170g) warm water170 g
- 1/2 teaspoon plus 2 tablespoons (25g) granulated sugar25 g
- 3 3/4 to 4 cups (450g to 480g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour, plus more for dusting450 g
- 1 teaspoon (6g) table salt6 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1/3 cup (67g) vegetable oil67 g
- 2 tablespoons (43g) additional sweetener (sugar, honey, or molasses)43 g
- 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 18 g
- 1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt≈ 0.6 g
flour 450 gbatter 887 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.
- Egg26% · 56th percentile · median 25%
- Oil15% · 75th percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener15% · 62nd percentile · median 13%
- Water38% · 42nd percentile · median 40%
- Salt1.5% · 26th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.6% · 64th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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