Classic French Bread
Makinze Gore · delish.com · 2020 · 1
Against 138 French bread recipes
Less water than 87% of recipes and more sugar than 89%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less water than 87% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
- More sugar than 89% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- Less salt than 83% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- More yeast than 83% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (6)
- 1 c. lukewarm water≈ 237 g
- 2 tsp. granulated sugar≈ 8 g
- 1 (0.25-oz.) packet active dry yeast7 g
- 3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour≈ 406 g
- 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt≈ 6 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Egg white, for brushingn/a
flour 406 gbatter 665 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.
- Water58% · 12th percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.5% · 14th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1.7% · 84th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar2.1% · 90th percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 39th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 450°F
- Time
- 25 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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