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Original in German

Dr. Oetker Content Kitchen · oetker.de · 2021 · etwa 16 Stück

Against 114 croissant recipes

More egg in the dough than 95% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • More egg in the dough than 95% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 12.5 times as much.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Butter: 58%, 43rd percentileMilk or water: 55%, 37th percentileSugar: 8%, 25th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 80th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 39th percentileEgg in the dough: 20%, 96th percentileButterMilk orwaterSugarSaltYeastEgg inthe dough
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 500 g Weizenmehl500 g
  • 1 Pck. Dr. Oetker Trockenbackhefe7 g
  • 40 g Zucker40 g
  • 2 TL Salz≈ 12 g
  • 40 g weiche Butter40 g
  • 250 ml Milch≈ 258 g
  • 1 Ei (Größe M)≈ 50 g
  • 1 Eiweiß (Größe M)≈ 33 g
  • 250 g kalte Butter250 g
  • 1 Eigelb (Größe M)≈ 18 g
  • 1 EL Milch≈ 15 g

flour 500 gbatter 1223 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.

  • Butter58% · 43rd percentile
  • Milk or water55% · 37th percentile
  • Sugar8% · 25th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 80th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 39th percentile
  • Egg in the dough20% · 96th percentile

Oven

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

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