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Basic Crepes Recipe

a Couple Cooks · acouplecooks.com · 2024 · 8 / Makes 8 to 10 8-inch crepes

Against 338 crepe recipes

More egg than 94% of recipes and more salt than 88%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 338 crepe recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More egg than 94% of recipes: 158% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%, about twice as much.
  • More salt than 88% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.2%, about 8 times as much.
  • More butter than 82% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about twice as much.
  • More liquid than 79% of recipes: 289% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 241%.
Liquid: 289%, 80th percentileEgg: 158%, 95th percentileButter: 32%, 82nd percentileSugar: 0%, 23rd percentileSalt: 1.6%, 90th percentileLiquidEggButterSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour≈ 31 g
  • 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (or buckwheat flour)≈ 32 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 3/4 cup milk≈ 183 g
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons grapeseed or vegetable oil≈ 20 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8-inch skillet and chopstick, for cookingn/a

flour 63 gbatter 368 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 338 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Liquid289% · 80th percentile
  • Egg158% · 95th percentile
  • Butter32% · 82nd percentile
  • Sugar0% · 23rd percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 90th percentile

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