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Handmade Baguette Recipe, No Special Equipment Needed - ChainBaker

ChainBaker · chainbaker.com · 2021

Against 138 French bread recipes

Less yeast than 79% 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.

  • Less yeast than 79% of recipes: 0.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, under a third as much.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Water: 64%, 38th percentileSalt: 2.1%, 72nd percentileYeast: 0.2%, 13th percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 90g (3.2oz) strong white bread flour90 g
  • 90g (3.2oz) cold water90 g
  • 190g (6.7oz) strong white bread flour190 g
  • 6g (0.2oz) salt6 g
  • 2g (0.07oz) dry yeast or three times the amount of fresh yeast2 g
  • 90g (3.2oz) water at around 18C (64F) *90 g

flour 280 gbatter 468 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.

  • Water64% · 38th percentile
  • Salt2.1% · 72nd percentile
  • Yeast0.2% · 13th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

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

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