Challah
Jacqueline Weiss · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 2 loaves (16 pieces each)
Against 72 challah recipes
Less water than 86% of recipes and less sweetener than 80%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 72 challah recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less water than 86% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less sweetener than 80% of recipes: 8.5% 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%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast≈ 14 g
- 1 cup warm water (110° to 115°)≈ 237 g
- 1/2 cup canola oil≈ 109 g
- 1/3 cup sugar≈ 67 g
- 1 tablespoon salt≈ 18 g
- 4 large eggs, room temperature≈ 200 g
- 6 to 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 781 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon cold water≈ 4.9 g
- 1 tablespoon sesame or poppy seeds, optional≈ 15 g
flour 781 gbatter 1426 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% · 51st percentile · median 25%
- Oil14% · 64th percentile · median 12%
- Sweetener8.5% · 18th percentile · median 13%
- Water30% · 13th 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
- 30 to 40 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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