Simnel cinnamon rolls
Barney Desmazery · bbcgoodfood.com · 2022 · 12
Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes
Less liquid than 99% of recipes and more egg than 96%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 364 cinnamon roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less liquid than 99% of recipes: 26% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 53%, about half as much.
- More egg than 96% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 11%, about 2.5 times as much.
- Less sugar than 89% of recipes: 8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%.
- No salt at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 0.7 to 1.4% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (13)
- 3 eggs beaten≈ 150 g
- 125ml milk≈ 129 g
- 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast7 g
- 500g strong white bread flour plus extra for dusting500 g
- ½ tsp mixed spice≈ 1.3 g
- 40g light muscovado sugar40 g
- 100g unsalted butter at room temperature, plus extra for the tin100 g
- 100g raisins100 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 125g butter softened125 g
- 125g light muscovado sugar sifted125 g
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon≈ 8 g
- 500g marzipan (see tip below)500 g
- 2 tbsp golden syrup≈ 41 g
flour 500 gbatter 1027 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 364 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid26% · 0th percentile · median 53%
- Butter20% · 69th percentile · median 16%
- Sugar8% · 10th percentile · median 14%
- Egg30% · 97th percentile · median 11%
- Yeast1.4% · 38th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0% · 4th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 25 minutes
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