Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Process

Ingredients (9)

• flour1 and 1/3 cups  warm water1.3333333333333333 cup · 316g
• yeast2 and 1/4 teaspoons  instant or active-dry yeast2.25 tsp · 7g
• sugargranulated sugar13g
• oilolive oil—
• saltsalt1 tsp · 6g
• flour3 and 1/2 cups  all-purpose flour3.5 cup · 450g
• cheese other3/4–1 pound cheese *0.75 lb · 454g
• wateregg wash: 1 large egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon water—
• saltoptional: fresh or dried parsley—

Toppings (4)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

• over cheeseunsalted butter43g
• over cheesearlic cloves
• over cheesechopped fresh parsley2 tsp · 1g
• over cheesethinly sliced meats such as Italian cold cuts1 lb · 453.6g