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French Baguettes

Allison Furbish · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / 2 baguettes

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: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Water: 63%, 31st percentileSalt: 1.7%, 27th percentileYeast: 0.2%, 13th percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1/2 cup (113g) cool water113 g
  • 1 cup (120g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour120 g
  • 1/8 teaspoon instant yeast≈ 0.4 g
  • All of the prefermentn/a
  • 3 1/2 cups (420g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour420 g
  • 1 cup (227g) lukewarm water227 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons (9g) table salt9 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast≈ 0.8 g

flour 540 gbatter 890 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
  • Salt1.7% · 27th percentile
  • Yeast0.2% · 13th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 450°F
Time
22 to 28 minutes
median 22 minutes

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