Baguettes
tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2025 · 9 servings (3 baguettes)
Against 138 French bread recipes
More salt than 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 76% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
Ingredients (4)
- 550 grams bread flour ((about 4 1/2 cups flour))550 g
- 2 teaspoons fine sea salt≈ 12 g
- 385 ml water ((about 1 2/3 cup water))≈ 386 g
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast≈ 6 g
flour 550 gbatter 954 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% · 70th percentile · median 67%
- Salt2.2% · 78th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1.1% · 62nd percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar0% · 36th percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 39th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 475°F / 245°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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