Homemade Challah
onceuponachef.com · 2019 · 1 (16-in) loaf
Against 72 challah recipes
More sweetener than 93% of recipes and more egg than 86%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sweetener than 93% of recipes: 24% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
- More egg than 86% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
- More oil than 79% of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 12%.
- More yeast than 75% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Ingredients (8)
- 4¼ cups all-purpose flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off, plus more for dusting)≈ 531 g
- 1 tablespoon instant/rapid-rise yeast ((see note))≈ 9 g
- 2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
- ¾ cup lukewarm water≈ 178 g
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons vegetable oil≈ 82 g
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons honey≈ 127 g
- 3 eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 150 g
- 1 egg yolk, (at room temperature)≈ 18 g
flour 531 gbatter 1107 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.
- Egg32% · 87th percentile · median 25%
- Oil15% · 81st percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener24% · 94th percentile · median 13%
- Water34% · 26th percentile · median 40%
- Salt2.3% · 76th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.8% · 79th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 25 to 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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