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Sour Cream & Chive Potato Bread or Rolls

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 24 / 1 loaf or 6 to 24 rolls, depending on size

Against 100 potato bread recipes

More sugar than 79% of recipes and no egg, unlike 53%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 79% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.1%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • No egg at all, where 53% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 20% of the flour weight).
Potato: 38%, 43rd percentileLiquid: 63%, 72nd percentileFat: 7.8%, 48th percentileSugar: 11%, 80th percentileEgg: 0%, 24th percentileSalt: 2.2%, 72nd percentileYeast: 1.7%, 76th percentilePotatoLiquidFatSugarEggSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 cup (227g) sour cream or plain Greek yogurt (light is OK, nonfat is a poor option)227 g
  • heaping 1/2 cup (135g) prepared mashed potatoes, leftover is fine, so long as they're not highly salted135 g
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) butter28 g
  • 3 tablespoons (39g) granulated sugar39 g
  • 3 cups (360g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour360 g
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons (8g) table salt8 g
  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast≈ 6 g
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup finely chopped scallion tops or fresh or dried chives, to taste≈ 89 g
  • 1 tablespoon King Arthur Pizza Dough Flavor, optional, but tasty≈ 15 g

flour 360 gbatter 907 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 100 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Potato38% · 43rd percentile
  • Liquid63% · 72nd percentile
  • Fat7.8% · 48th percentile
  • Sugar11% · 80th percentile
  • Egg0% · 24th percentile
  • Salt2.2% · 72nd percentile
  • Yeast1.7% · 76th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 30 minutes

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