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Soft Whole Wheat Bread

bakingamoment.com · 2019 · 12 slices

Against 116 whole wheat bread recipes

Less salt than 96% of recipes and more sweetener than 89%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 116 whole wheat bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less salt than 96% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%, about half as much.
  • More sweetener than 89% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.4%, about 5 times as much.
  • Whole wheat share in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More fat than 80% of recipes: 8.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.9%.
Whole wheat share: 100%, 78th percentileLiquid: 74%, 56th percentileSweetener: 18%, 90th percentileFat: 8.9%, 81st percentileSalt: 0.8%, 2nd percentileYeast: 1.5%, 67th percentileWhole wheatshareLiquidSweetenerFatSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 1/2 cups warm water≈ 356 g
  • 1/4 cup honey≈ 85 g
  • 1/4 ounce active dry yeast* ((1 packet))7 g
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, (softened)≈ 43 g
  • 3 3/4 cups whole wheat flour ((you may need as much as 4 1/2 cups))≈ 480 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g

flour 480 gbatter 974 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 116 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Whole wheat share100% · 78th percentile
  • Liquid74% · 56th percentile
  • Sweetener18% · 90th percentile
  • Fat8.9% · 81st percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 2nd percentile
  • Yeast1.5% · 67th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 375°F
Time
40 minutes
median 35 minutes

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