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Pain au chocolat

Pain au chocolatOriginal in German

Betty Bossi · bettybossi.ch · 2025 · 8 Personen

Against 114 croissant recipes

Less sugar than 89% of recipes and less salt than 88%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 89% of recipes: 5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%, about half as much.
  • Less salt than 88% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • More egg in the dough than 89% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 12.5 times as much.
Butter: 60%, 51st percentileMilk or water: 52%, 33rd percentileSugar: 5%, 10th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 8th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 39th percentileEgg in the dough: 20%, 93rd percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 250 g Mehl250 g
  • 0.5 TL Salz≈ 3 g
  • 1 EL Zucker≈ 13 g
  • 0.25 Würfel Hefe (ca. 10 g)11 g
  • 30 g Butter , kalt30 g
  • 1.25 dl Milch≈ 129 g
  • 120 g Butter , kalt120 g
  • 150 g dunkle Schokolade (64% Kakao)150 g
  • 1 Ei≈ 50 g

flour 250 gbatter 755 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.

  • Butter60% · 51st percentile
  • Milk or water52% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar5% · 10th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 8th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 39th percentile
  • Egg in the dough20% · 93rd percentile

Oven

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

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