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Original in French

Betty Bossi · bettybossi.ch · 2019 · 6 personnes

Against 114 croissant recipes

Less butter than 98% of recipes and more milk or water than 85%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 114 croissant recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less butter than 98% of recipes: 25% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 60%, about half as much.
  • More milk or water than 85% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 58%.
  • Less sugar than 80% of recipes: 7.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Butter: 25%, 1st percentileMilk or water: 67%, 86th percentileSugar: 7.5%, 18th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 36th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 39th percentileEgg in the dough: 10%, 71st percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 500 g de farine500 g
  • 1.5 c.c. de sel≈ 9 g
  • 3 c.s. de sucre≈ 38 g
  • 0.5 cube de levure (env. 20 g)21 g
  • 3.1 dl de lait (310 g), froid≈ 320 g
  • 125 g de beurre , froid125 g
  • 1 œuf≈ 50 g
  • 1 c.s. d’eau≈ 15 g

flour 500 gbatter 1077 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 114 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter25% · 1st percentile
  • Milk or water67% · 86th percentile
  • Sugar7.5% · 18th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 36th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 39th percentile
  • Egg in the dough10% · 71st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
60 minutes
median 20 minutes

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