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Plunderteig - Plundergebäck Croissant selber machen

Original in German

Regina Oberste Berghaus · kochenausliebe.com · 2022 · 20 Portionen

Against 114 croissant recipes

Less salt than 97% of recipes and less milk or water than 92%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less salt than 97% of recipes: 0.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%, about half as much.
  • Less milk or water than 92% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 58%.
  • More egg in the dough than 85% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 10 times as much.
  • Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 7.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Butter: 66%, 73rd percentileMilk or water: 40%, 7th percentileSugar: 7.8%, 21st percentileSalt: 0.9%, 2nd percentileYeast: 2.2%, 73rd percentileEgg in the dough: 16%, 86th percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 375 g Butter (für den Butterziegel)375 g
  • 250 ml Milch (lauwarm)≈ 258 g
  • 600 g Mehl600 g
  • 40 g Mehl (für den Butterziegel zum Ausrollen)40 g
  • 1 TL Salz≈ 6 g
  • 1 Würfel Hefe42 g
  • 50 g Butter (für den Hefeteig)50 g
  • 50 g Zucker50 g
  • 2 Eier≈ 100 g
  • 1 EL Kardamom≈ 15 g

flour 640 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.

  • Butter66% · 73rd percentile
  • Milk or water40% · 7th percentile
  • Sugar7.8% · 21st percentile
  • Salt0.9% · 2nd percentile
  • Yeast2.2% · 73rd percentile
  • Egg in the dough16% · 86th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
not stated
median 20 minutes

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