Perfect Whole Wheat Bread {Small Batch; Two Loaves}
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2018 · 24 slices (2 loaves)
Against 116 whole wheat bread recipes
More liquid than 93% of recipes and more salt than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 116 whole wheat bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More liquid than 93% of recipes: 93% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 71%.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
- More fat than 87% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.9%, about twice as much.
- More sweetener than 85% of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.4%, about 4.5 times as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 5-6 cups whole wheat flour (I prefer white whole wheat vs red whole wheat)≈ 704 g
- 1 1/2 tablespoons instant yeast≈ 14 g
- 1/4 cup vital wheat gluten (see note)≈ 30 g
- 2 3/4 cups warm water≈ 652 g
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (bottled or fresh)≈ 15 g
- 1/3 cup oil≈ 73 g
- 1/3 cup honey≈ 113 g
- 1 tablespoon salt≈ 18 g
flour 704 gbatter 1619 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 · median 80%
- Liquid93% · 94th percentile · median 71%
- Sweetener16% · 86th percentile · median 3.4%
- Fat10% · 88th percentile · median 4.9%
- Salt2.6% · 92nd percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast2% · 88th percentile · median 1.3%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 28 to 32 minutes
- median 35 minutes
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