Potato Rolls

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2015 · 32 rolls

Against 100 potato bread recipes

More sugar than 96% of recipes and less liquid than 86%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 100 potato bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More sugar than 96% of recipes: 25% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.1%, about 8 times as much.
Less liquid than 86% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 49%, about half as much.
Less salt than 92% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%, about half as much.
More fat than 85% of recipes: 21% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 8.5%, about 2.5 times as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 medium baking potato (about 6 ounces)≈ 213 g
1/2 cup hot water (115 degrees F)≈ 119 g
2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
2/3 cup sugar (4 1/4 ounces)≈ 133 g
2 1/4 teaspoons rapid rise yeast (1/4 ounce package)≈ 7 g
1 teaspoon fine salt≈ 6 g
4 1/4 to 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (13 1/8 ounces)≈ 531 g
1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature, plus more for brushing≈ 114 g

flour 531 gbatter 1223 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 100 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: potato, liquid, fat, sugar, egg, salt, yeast.