Easy Croissant Recipe
pastrychefonline.com · 2023 · 7 large croisants or 15 small
Against 114 croissant recipes
More milk or water than 92% of recipes and less butter than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 114 croissant recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More milk or water than 92% of recipes: 72% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 58%.
- Less butter than 90% of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 60%.
- Less sugar than 88% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%, about half as much.
- More salt than 85% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Ingredients (9)
- 354 grams all-purpose flour (12.5 oz or about 3 cups measured by whisking, spooning, and sweeping )354 g
- 19 grams granulated sugar (.75 oz or 4 1/2 teaspoons )19 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (I use Mortons) (9 grams or 0.3 oz )9 g
- 255 grams whole milk, cold from the fridge (9 oz or 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons )255 g
- 2 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast (7.75 grams or 0.3 oz)8 g
- 128 grams unsalted butter, cold from the fridge (4.5 oz or 1 stick and 1 Tablespoon )128 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 egg≈ 50 g
- 2 teaspoons milk≈ 10 g
- pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
flour 354 gbatter 773 g
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 114 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Butter36% · 9th percentile · median 60%
- Milk or water72% · 93rd percentile · median 58%
- Sugar5.4% · 11th percentile · median 10%
- Salt2.5% · 87th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast2.2% · 73rd percentile · median 1.6%
- Egg in the dough0% · 25th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 10 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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