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French Baguette

bakedbyanintrovert.com · 2021 · 28

Against 138 French bread recipes

More water than 84% of recipes and less salt than 83%.

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How it compares

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

  • More water than 84% of recipes: 74% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
  • Less salt than 83% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • More sugar than 85% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Water: 74%, 84th percentileSalt: 1.5%, 14th percentileYeast: 1%, 57th percentileSugar: 1.6%, 86th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • ½ cup bread flour≈ 64 g
  • ¼ cup water (room temperature)≈ 59 g
  • ¼ teaspoon instant yeast≈ 0.8 g
  • 2 ⅔ cups bread flour≈ 339 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoon sugar≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoons salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon instant yeast≈ 3.1 g
  • 1 scant cup water (water)≈ 237 g
  • rice flour (as needed)n/a
  • 2 cups ice≈ 474 g

flour 402 gbatter 1189 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 138 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water74% · 84th percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 14th percentile
  • Yeast1% · 57th percentile
  • Sugar1.6% · 86th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

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

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