We Made Julia Child’s French Bread Recipe. Here’s What Happened.
Camille Berry · tasteofhome.com · 2019
Against 138 French bread recipes
More salt than 97% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 97% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- No sugar, like 71% of recipes.
Ingredients (5)
- ½ oz. fresh yeast or ¼ oz. dry-active yeast14 g
- 4 tablespoons warm water (not over 100º F)≈ 59 g
- About 1 lb. strong plain flour454 g
- 2¼ teaspoons salt≈ 14 g
- ½ pint (1 cup) tepid water (70º F to 74º F )≈ 237 g
flour 454 gbatter 778 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.
- Water65% · 42nd percentile · median 67%
- Salt3% · 99th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1% · 57th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar0% · 36th percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 39th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 450°F
- Time
- not stated
- median 22 minutes
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