Homemade French Bread
houseofnasheats.com · 2018 · 20 slices
Against 138 French bread recipes
Less salt than 87% of recipes and more sugar than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 87% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- More sugar than 90% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- More fat than 84% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 1/4 cups warm water (around 110°F)≈ 533 g
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 19 g
- 1 Tablespoon instant or active dry yeast≈ 9 g
- 2 teaspoons table salt≈ 12 g
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil ((olive oil or canola oil also work))≈ 27 g
- 5 1/2-6 cups all-purpose or bread flour (scooped & leveled (776 to 846g))846 g
- 1 large egg (beaten with 1 teaspoon cold water)≈ 50 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Melted salted butter (for brushing on top of the baked loaves (optional))n/a
flour 846 gbatter 1497 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.
- Water63% · 31st percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.4% · 10th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1.1% · 62nd percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar2.2% · 91st percentile · median 0%
- Fat3.2% · 85th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 25 to 30 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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