Country White Sandwich Bread

Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 2

Against 150 white sandwich bread recipes

Less salt than 80% of recipes and less yeast than 78%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 150 white sandwich bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less salt than 80% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Less yeast than 78% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

454 grams (2 cups, 480 milliliters) milk, whole, 2%, 1%, skim, or nondairy (warmed to 110°F/43°C)454 g
120 grams (½ cup, 120 milliliters) water (warmed to 110°F/43°C)120 g
2 ¼ teaspoons (1 package) active dry or instant yeast≈ 7 g
50 grams (¼ cup) granulated sugar50 g
85 grams (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened and cut into pieces85 g
2 teaspoons fine sea salt≈ 12 g
780-900 grams (6 ½ - 7 ½ cups) bread flour or unbleached all-purpose flour900 g
227 grams (1 cup, 240 milliliters) milk, whole, 2%, 1%, skim, or nondairy (warmed to 110°F/43°C)227 g
60 grams (¼ cup, 60 milliliters) water (warmed to 110°F/43°C)60 g
1 ⅛ teaspoon (½ package) active dry or instant yeast≈ 3.5 g
25 grams (2 tablespoons) granulated sugar25 g
42 grams (3 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened and cut into pieces42 g
1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
390-450 grams (3 ¼ - 3 ¾ cups) bread flour or unbleached all-purpose flour450 g

flour 1350 gbatter 2442 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 150 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: liquid, fat, sugar, salt, yeast.