Sesame French Bread
Taste of Home Editorial Team · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 2 loaves (16 pieces each)
Against 138 French bread recipes
More water than 90% of recipes and more sugar than 94%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 90% of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
- More sugar than 94% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- Less salt than 83% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- More yeast than 85% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about 2.5 times as much.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast≈ 14 g
- 2-1/2 cups water (110° to 115°)≈ 593 g
- 2 tablespoons sugar≈ 25 g
- 2 tablespoons canola oil≈ 27 g
- 2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
- 6 to 6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 781 g
- Cornmealn/a
- 1 large egg white≈ 33 g
- 1 tablespoon water≈ 15 g
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds≈ 30 g
flour 781 gbatter 1529 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.
- Water78% · 91st percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.5% · 14th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1.8% · 86th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar3.2% · 95th percentile · median 0%
- Fat3.5% · 87th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 450°F
- Time
- 25 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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