Butternut Squash and Sage Challah
Shannon Sarna, Editor of The Nosher, on kitchen-tested.com · melindastrauss.com · 2014
Against 72 challah recipes
Less egg than 83% of recipes and more sweetener than 84%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 83% of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
- More sweetener than 84% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
- Less salt than 81% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
- More yeast than 83% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (13)
- ¼ cup vegetable oil≈ 55 g
- 5-6 fresh sage leavesn/a
- 1 ½ Tbsp dry yeast≈ 14 g
- 1 tsp sugar≈ 4.2 g
- 1 ¼ cups lukewarm water≈ 296 g
- 5 ½-6 cups all-purpose unbleached flour (I prefer to use King Arthur)≈ 719 g
- ¾ cup sugar≈ 150 g
- ½ Tbsp salt≈ 9 g
- ½ cup butternut squash puree (fresh or frozen)≈ 119 g
- 2 eggs≈ 100 g
- 2 egg yolks + 1 tsp water≈ 36 g
- Thick sea saltn/a
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Additional fresh sage leaves for garnishn/a
flour 719 gbatter 1501 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.
- Egg19% · 16th percentile · median 25%
- Oil7.6% · 23rd percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener22% · 85th percentile · median 13%
- Water41% · 56th percentile · median 40%
- Salt1.3% · 17th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.9% · 84th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 27 to 28 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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