Beginner Sourdough Bread Recipe
onceuponachef.com · 2025 · 1 Boule (10 to 12 slices)
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%.
- Starter in the middle half of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%.
Ingredients (4)
- 500 g (3¾ cups + 2 tablespoons) all-purpose flour (preferably King Arthur)500 g
- 12 g (2 teaspoons) fine sea salt12 g
- 350 g (1½ cups) warm water (80°F/27°C)350 g
- 100 g (½ cup) active sourdough starter (fed 4 to 6 hours ago, doubled in size, and bubby) OR levain (see instructions in the recipe notes)100 g
flour 500 gbatter 962 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%
- Water70% · 59th percentile · median 68%
- Salt2.4% · 81st percentile · median 2%
- Fat0% · 43rd percentile · median 0%
- Sweetener0% · 41st percentile · median 0%
Oven
- Temperature
- 465°F / 240°C
- median 450°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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