Sourdough Baguettes

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 6 baguettes or 3 Italian loaves

Against 138 French bread recipes

Less water than 95% of recipes and more salt than 96%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less water than 95% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
More sugar than 85% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 1/4 cups (283g) water, lukewarm283 g
2 cups (481g) sourdough starter, ripe (fed) or discard*481 g
4 1/2 to 5 cups (540g to 600g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour540 g
2 1/2 teaspoons (15g) table salt15 g
2 teaspoons granulated sugar≈ 8 g
1 to 2 teaspoons instant yeast, depending on the vigor of your fed starter*≈ 4.7 g
4 teaspoons vital wheat gluten≈ 10 g

flour 540 gbatter 1342 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 138 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: water, salt, yeast, sugar, fat.