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Soft White Dinner Rolls

Nigella · nigella.com · Makes: 30 rolls

Against 249 dinner roll recipes

Less butter than 98% of recipes and less sugar than 99%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 98% of recipes: 4.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, under a third as much.
  • Less sugar than 99% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%, under a third as much.
  • Less yeast than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
  • Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
Liquid: 67%, 73rd percentileButter: 4.2%, 1st percentileSugar: 2.1%, 0th percentileEgg: 8.3%, 36th percentileYeast: 1.2%, 21st percentileSalt: 1.6%, 62nd percentileLiquidButterSugarEggYeastSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 500 - 600 grams plain flour600 g
  • 1 x 7g sachet instant yeast7 g
  • ½ tablespoon salt≈ 9 g
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar≈ 13 g
  • 375 millilitres milk≈ 387 g
  • 25 grams butter25 g
  • 1 large egg (beaten)≈ 50 g
  • 1 tablespoon milk≈ 15 g
  • 1 pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds≈ 4.9 g
  • 1 teaspoon poppy seeds≈ 4.9 g

flour 600 gbatter 1116 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.

  • Liquid67% · 73rd percentile
  • Butter4.2% · 1st percentile
  • Sugar2.1% · 0th percentile
  • Egg8.3% · 36th percentile
  • Yeast1.2% · 21st percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 62nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 375°F
Time
15 minutes
median 19 minutes

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