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Brown Butter Sage Dinner Rolls

Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2022 · 14–16 rolls

Against 249 dinner roll recipes

More butter than 91% of recipes and less liquid than 89%.

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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 91% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about twice as much.
  • Less liquid than 89% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 61%.
  • More sugar than 89% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Liquid: 47%, 10th percentileButter: 29%, 92nd percentileSugar: 16%, 90th percentileEgg: 13%, 62nd percentileYeast: 1.8%, 58th percentileSalt: 1.5%, 51st percentileLiquidButterSugarEggYeastSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces113 g
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) whole milk or buttermilk, warmed to about 110°F (43°C)≈ 183 g
  • 2 and 1/4 teaspoons Platinum Yeast from Red Star instant yeast* (1 standard packet)≈ 7 g
  • 3 Tablespoons (63g/45ml) honey, divided63 g
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves≈ 4.9 g
  • 3 cups (390g) bread flour (spooned & leveled), plus more as needed*390 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 2 teaspoons fresh chopped sage leaves, plus an extra pinch for topping≈ 10 g
  • optional: flaky sea salt, for finishingn/a

flour 390 gbatter 817 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.

  • Liquid47% · 10th percentile
  • Butter29% · 92nd percentile
  • Sugar16% · 90th percentile
  • Egg13% · 62nd percentile
  • Yeast1.8% · 58th percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 51st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
23 to 27 minutes
median 19 minutes

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