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Vietnamese Bánh Mì Baguette

Michelle · siftandsimmer.com · 2025 · 6

Against 138 French bread recipes

Less salt than 99% of recipes and less water than 94%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less salt than 99% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%, about half as much.
  • Less water than 94% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
  • More fat than 94% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
Water: 54%, 5th percentileSalt: 1%, 0th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 76th percentileSugar: 0.4%, 73rd percentileFat: 5.5%, 95th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 270 ml warm water≈ 271 g
  • 2 g granulated sugar2 g
  • 7 g active dry yeast7 g
  • 500 g bread flour (or all-purpose flour)500 g
  • 5 g sea salt5 g
  • 30 ml vegetable oil≈ 28 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g

flour 500 gbatter 862 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.

  • Water54% · 5th percentile
  • Salt1% · 0th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 76th percentile
  • Sugar0.4% · 73rd percentile
  • Fat5.5% · 95th percentile

Oven

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

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