Simple Sourdough Bread
Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2020 · 8
Against 152 sourdough bread recipes
Less salt than 98% of recipes and more sweetener than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 152 sourdough bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 98% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%, about half as much.
- More sweetener than 90% of recipes: 3.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
- Less water than 84% of recipes: 57% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
Ingredients (5)
- 4-5 cups (500-625g) all-purpose flour, (I prefer unbleached)625 g
- 1 ½ cups (355g) warm water355 g
- ¾ cup (170g) active sourdough starter170 g
- 1 tablespoon honey≈ 21 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
flour 625 gbatter 1177 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 152 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Starter27% · 58th percentile · median 25%
- Water57% · 15th percentile · median 68%
- Salt1% · 1st percentile · median 2%
- Fat0% · 43rd percentile · median 0%
- Sweetener3.4% · 91st percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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