Challah
John Kanell · preppykitchen.com · 2023 · 1 (16-inch) loaf
Against 72 challah recipes
Less salt than 91% of recipes and less water than 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 91% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
- Less water than 77% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less sweetener than 75% of recipes: 9.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
Ingredients (9)
- ¾ cup warm water ((110-120F) (180ml))≈ 178 g
- ¼ cup sugar ((50g))50 g
- 2¼ teaspoons active dry yeast ((.25-ounce/7g packet))7 g
- 4 to 4½ cups all-purpose flour ((480-540g))540 g
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil ((80ml))≈ 73 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1 egg yolk ((white reserved for egg wash))≈ 18 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Poppy seeds or sesame seeds (for topping (optional))n/a
flour 540 gbatter 972 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.
- Egg22% · 35th percentile · median 25%
- Oil14% · 58th percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener9.3% · 24th percentile · median 13%
- Water33% · 22nd percentile · median 40%
- Salt1.1% · 8th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.3% · 33rd percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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