Basic No-Knead Bread
Jim Lahey · nigella.com · Yields: One 10-inch / 25cm round loaf
Against 136 no-knead bread recipes
Close to the middle of 136 no-knead bread recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 136 no-knead bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 0.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 79%.
Ingredients (4)
- 3 cups bread flour≈ 381 g
- 1¼ teaspoons table salt≈ 8 g
- ¼ teaspoon instant or other active dry yeast≈ 0.8 g
- 1⅓ cups cool (55-65°F / 12-18°C) water≈ 316 g
flour 381 gbatter 705 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 136 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Water83% · 65th percentile · median 79%
- Salt2% · 54th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast0.2% · 19th percentile · median 0.4%
- Fat0% · 40th percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 475°F / 245°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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