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Ancient Wheat Sourdough Bread

Melissa Johnson · breadtopia.com

Against 152 sourdough bread recipes

Less starter than 82% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 152 sourdough bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less starter than 82% of recipes: 13% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%, about half as much.
  • No sweetener, like 82% of recipes.
Starter: 13%, 17th percentileWater: 68%, 52nd percentileSalt: 2%, 50th percentileFat: 0%, 43rd percentileSweetener: 0%, 41st percentileStarterWaterSaltFatSweetener
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 600 grams ancient whole wheat flours (I used 300 grams einkorn and 300 grams khorasan flours) (4 2/3 cups)600 g
  • 410 grams water (1 3/4 cups) *See Notes410 g
  • 80 grams sourdough starter (1/4 cup)80 g
  • 12 grams salt (2 1/8 tsp)12 g

flour 600 gbatter 1102 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.

  • Starter13% · 17th percentile
  • Water68% · 52nd percentile
  • Salt2% · 50th percentile
  • Fat0% · 43rd percentile
  • Sweetener0% · 41st percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 450°F
Time
15 to 20 minutes
median 30 minutes

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