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Pain Au Chocolat

Pain au chocolat

Makinze Gore · delish.com · 2023 · 10

Against 114 croissant recipes

More milk or water than 95% of recipes and more butter than 92%.

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How it compares

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

  • More milk or water than 95% of recipes: 76% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 58%.
  • More butter than 92% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 60%.
  • More yeast than 92% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
  • More egg in the dough than 78% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 6.5 times as much.
Butter: 83%, 93rd percentileMilk or water: 76%, 96th percentileSugar: 10%, 59th percentileSalt: 1.7%, 32nd percentileYeast: 3%, 93rd percentileEgg in the dough: 10%, 80th percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1/4 c. (50 g.) granulated sugar50 g
  • 2 tsp. kosher salt≈ 8 g
  • 4 c. (480 g.) plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour, divided, plus more for surface480 g
  • 2 (0.25-oz.) packets instant yeast14 g
  • 1 1/2 c. whole milk, room temperature≈ 366 g
  • 1 3/4 c. (3 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, divided, plus more for bowl≈ 397 g
  • 20 chocolate baking batons or 6 oz. chopped chocolate170 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g

flour 480 gbatter 1536 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.

  • Butter83% · 93rd percentile
  • Milk or water76% · 96th percentile
  • Sugar10% · 59th percentile
  • Salt1.7% · 32nd percentile
  • Yeast3% · 93rd percentile
  • Egg in the dough10% · 80th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 375°F
Time
20 to 22 minutes
median 20 minutes

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