Perfect Homemade French Bread
thestayathomechef.com · 2020 · 2 loaves
Against 138 French bread recipes
More water than 94% of recipes and more yeast than 95%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 94% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
- More yeast than 95% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about 3 times as much.
- Less salt than 83% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Ingredients (5)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons instant dry yeast≈ 14 g
- 2 cups warm water (100℉ to 110℉)≈ 474 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt≈ 9 g
- 4 1/2 to 5 cups all-purpose flour≈ 594 g
- 1 large egg (beaten)≈ 50 g
flour 594 gbatter 1141 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.
- Water80% · 95th percentile · median 67%
- Salt1.5% · 14th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast2.4% · 96th percentile · median 0.8%
- Sugar0% · 36th percentile · median 0%
- Fat0% · 39th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 450°F
- Time
- 35 to 40 minutes
- median 22 minutes
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