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Baguette Recipe (Easy with Video!)

Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2024 · 2 large baguettes (about 40 slices)

Against 138 French bread recipes

More salt than 81% of recipes and more yeast than 80%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 81% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • More yeast than 80% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about twice as much.
Water: 70%, 64th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 86th percentileYeast: 1.6%, 82nd percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 500 grams all-purpose flour (4 cups)*500 g
  • 8 grams instant or active dry yeast (2 teaspoons)8 g
  • 12 grams kosher salt (2 teaspoons)12 g
  • 350 grams warm water (1 1/2 cups)350 g

flour 500 gbatter 870 g

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 138 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water70% · 64th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 86th percentile
  • Yeast1.6% · 82nd percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
475°F / 245°C
median 450°F
Time
16 minutes
median 22 minutes

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