French Baguettes
themediterraneandish.com · 2025 · 2 (15-inch) loaves
Against 138 French bread recipes
Less salt than 92% of recipes and less yeast than 79%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 92% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- Less yeast than 79% of recipes: 0.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, under a third as much.
- Water above the middle half: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%, more than 74% of recipes use.
Ingredients (4)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour ((375g))375 g
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt≈ 5 g
- 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast≈ 0.8 g
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons room temperature water ((265ml))≈ 267 g
flour 375 gbatter 647 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.
- Water71% · 76th percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.3% · 6th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast0.2% · 13th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar0% · 36th percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 39th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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