Homemade Sourdough Bread, Step by Step
Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2017 · 1 loaf
Against 152 sourdough bread recipes
More salt than 76% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 152 sourdough bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 76% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
Ingredients (4)
- 50 – 100 g (1⁄4 – 1/2 cup) bubbly, active starter, I always use 100 grams, see notes above100 g
- 375 g (1 1/2 cups plus 1 tbsp) warm water, or more, see notes above375 g
- 500 g (4 cups plus 2 tbsp) bread flour500 g
- 9 to 12 g (1.5 – 2.5 teaspoons) fine sea salt, see notes above12 g
flour 500 gbatter 987 g
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 152 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Starter20% · 35th percentile · median 25%
- Water75% · 75th percentile · median 68%
- Salt2.4% · 81st percentile · median 2%
- Fat0% · 43rd percentile · median 0%
- Sweetener0% · 41st percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 550°F / 290°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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