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Crusty, Open-Crumb Baguettes

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2024 · 4 baguettes

Against 138 French bread recipes

More salt than 97% of recipes.

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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 97% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
Water: 70%, 64th percentileSalt: 2.9%, 97th percentileYeast: 0.4%, 34th percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 550 grams (about 4¼ cups) bread flour or all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting, see notes above550 g
  • 15 to 16 grams salt, see notes above16 g
  • 2 grams (about ½ teaspoon) instant yeast, see notes above2 g
  • 385 grams (about 1 2/3 cups) cold (about 60°F) water385 g
  • Extra-virgin olive oiln/a

flour 550 gbatter 953 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
  • Salt2.9% · 97th percentile
  • Yeast0.4% · 34th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 450°F
Time
120 minutes
median 22 minutes

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