Easy French Bread Recipe
crazyforcrust.com · 2020 · 20 servings
Against 138 French bread recipes
More yeast than 94% of recipes and more fat than 82%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More yeast than 94% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about 3 times as much.
- More fat than 82% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Ingredients (6)
- 4 ½ - 5 cups (558-620g) all-purpose flour (divided)620 g
- 2 packets Fleischman’s Yeast Rapid Rise Yeast (or any instant yeast (4 1/2 teaspoons))≈ 14 g
- 2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
- 1 ¾ cups (414ml) water≈ 415 g
- 1 tablespoon olive oil≈ 14 g
- 1 egg white≈ 33 g
flour 620 gbatter 1107 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.
- Water67% · 52nd percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.9% · 44th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast2.3% · 95th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar0% · 36th percentile · median 0%
- Fat2.2% · 83rd percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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