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Croissants selber machen mit Plunderteig

Original in German

lydiasfoodblog.de · 2019 · 15

Against 114 croissant recipes

Less sugar than 89% of recipes and less butter than 82%.

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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 butter than 82% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 60%.
  • 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: 40%, 15th percentileMilk or water: 52%, 33rd percentileSugar: 5%, 10th percentileSalt: 2.1%, 66th 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 (10)

  • 500 g Mehl (Type 550)500 g
  • 2 EL Zucker≈ 25 g
  • 10 g Salz10 g
  • 1/2 Würfel frische Hefe21 g
  • 250 ml Milch≈ 258 g
  • 1 großes Ei≈ 50 g
  • 200 g Butter (Zimmertemperatur)200 g
  • 1 Ei≈ 50 g
  • eine Prise Salz≈ 0.4 g
  • Zubereitungn/a

flour 500 gbatter 1114 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.

  • Butter40% · 15th percentile
  • Milk or water52% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar5% · 10th percentile
  • Salt2.1% · 66th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 39th percentile
  • Egg in the dough20% · 93rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 375°F
Time
10 to 15 minutes
median 20 minutes

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