Giant Cinnamon Bun Recipe - ChainBaker

ChainBaker · chainbaker.com · 2021

Against 364 cinnamon roll recipes

Less yeast than 96% of recipes and no egg, unlike 85%.

How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 364 cinnamon roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less yeast than 96% of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, under a third as much.
No egg at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 18% of the flour weight).
More salt than 91% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

200g (7oz) strong white bread flour200 g
6g (0.2oz) dry yeast or 3x the amount of fresh yeast6 g
270g (9.5oz) milk at 17C (62F).270 g
300g (10.6oz) strong white bread flour300 g
10g (0.35oz) salt10 g
80g (2.8oz) soft butter80 g
80g (2.8oz) sugar80 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

100g (3.5oz) sugar100 g
10g (0.35oz) cinnamon10 g
120g (4.2oz) icing sugar120 g
60g (2.1oz) cream cheese60 g
20g (0.7oz) soft butter20 g
6g (0.2oz) vanilla paste6 g
6g (0.2oz) warm water6 g
30g (1oz) sugar30 g
20g (0.7oz) water20 g

flour 500 gbatter 946 g

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 364 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: liquid, butter, sugar, egg, yeast, salt.