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Make-Ahead Buttery, Flaky Overnight Crescent Dinner Rolls

Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2017 · 32 rolls

Against 249 dinner roll recipes

More butter than 90% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 249 dinner roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More butter than 90% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about twice as much.
  • Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Liquid: 68%, 75th percentileButter: 27%, 91st percentileSugar: 11%, 60th percentileEgg: 8%, 34th percentileYeast: 1.5%, 43rd percentileSalt: 1.4%, 43rd percentileLiquidButterSugarEggYeastSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 1 cup warm water≈ 237 g
  • 3/4 cup evaporated milk≈ 189 g
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar≈ 67 g
  • 1 tablespoon instant or active dry yeast≈ 9 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt≈ 9 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 cup + 4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 625 g
  • 1/4 cup salted butter (melted)≈ 57 g
  • 1/2 cup salted butter (chilled)≈ 114 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Melted butter for brushing dough and baked rollsn/a

flour 625 gbatter 1356 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 249 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Liquid68% · 75th percentile
  • Butter27% · 91st percentile
  • Sugar11% · 60th percentile
  • Egg8% · 34th percentile
  • Yeast1.5% · 43rd percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 43rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
12 to 15 minutes
median 19 minutes

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