Crusty French Baguette Recipe
bakingamoment.com · 2025 · 60 1 / 2-inch thick slices
Against 138 French bread recipes
More water than 81% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 81% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Ingredients (5)
- 3 1/2 tablespoons warm water≈ 52 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast*≈ 4.7 g
- 3 3/4 cups bread flour≈ 476 g
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 8 g
- 1 1/4 cup cool water ((you may not need all of the water))≈ 296 g
flour 476 gbatter 837 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.
- Water73% · 82nd percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.7% · 27th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1% · 57th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar0% · 36th percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 39th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 30 to 45 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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