CAMP JOY: Tin Can Cheddar Potato Bread

Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2023

Against 100 potato bread recipes

Less liquid than 89% of recipes and more egg than 85%.

How it compares

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

Less liquid than 89% of recipes: 5.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 49%, under a third as much.
More egg than 85% of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 6.8%, about 3 times as much.
More sugar than 82% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.1%, about 4 times as much.
Fat in the middle half of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 8.5%.

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

2 ½ teaspoons (1 pack) active dry yeast≈ 8 g
2 tablespoons warm water (about 105 degrees) (cooled water that the potatoes were boiled in if possible)≈ 30 g
1/3 cup (65 grams) plus a pinch granulated sugar65 g
2 large eggs, at room temperature and lightly beaten≈ 100 g
2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 8 g
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into cubes≈ 85 g
1 cup (175 grams) unseasoned warm or room temperature mashed potatoes, lightly packed (about 1 medium to large potato)175 g
Scant ¾ cup lukewarm watern/a
4 ¼ cups (520 grams) all-purpose flour520 g

flour 520 gbatter 991 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.