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Homemade Baguettes

Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2014 · 20

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Close to the middle of 138 French bread recipes on every ingredient.

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How it compares

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

  • Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
  • No sugar, like 71% of recipes.
Water: 70%, 61st percentileSalt: 2%, 57th percentileYeast: 0.4%, 34th percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • A walnut size piece of fully risen dough (from pizza dough or any other white-flour bread dough)n/a
  • ¼ cup of warm water (about 105°F to 115°F)≈ 59 g
  • ⅔ cup all-purpose flour≈ 83 g
  • The first-stage starter ((from above))n/a
  • ¼ cup warm water (105°F-115°F)≈ 59 g
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour≈ 94 g
  • 1 ¼ cups cool water (about 78°F)≈ 296 g
  • ¾ teaspoon active dry yeast≈ 2.3 g
  • The second-stage sponge ((from above))n/a
  • 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour≈ 417 g
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt≈ 12 g

flour 594 gbatter 1023 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.

  • Water70% · 61st percentile
  • Salt2% · 57th percentile
  • Yeast0.4% · 34th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 450°F
Time
18 minutes
median 22 minutes

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