Whole Wheat Bread
tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2025 · 20
Against 116 whole wheat bread recipes
More liquid than 86% of recipes and more sweetener than 80%.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 116 whole wheat bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More liquid than 86% of recipes: 86% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 71%.
- More sweetener than 80% of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.4%, about 4 times as much.
- Whole wheat share in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- More salt than 81% of recipes: 2.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Ingredients (8)
- 6-7 cups white whole wheat flour*≈ 832 g
- 2 3/4 cups + 2 Tablespoons warm water≈ 681 g
- 1 1/4 Tablespoons instant yeast* (, or active dry yeast)≈ 12 g
- 1 Tablespoon vital wheat gluten*≈ 8 g
- 1 Tablespoon salt≈ 18 g
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter (, melted)≈ 57 g
- 1/3 cup honey≈ 113 g
- 2 Tablespoons plain Greek yogurt (, or sour cream)≈ 31 g
flour 832 gbatter 1751 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%
- Liquid86% · 87th percentile · median 71%
- Sweetener14% · 81st percentile · median 3.4%
- Fat6.8% · 69th percentile · median 4.9%
- Salt2.2% · 83rd percentile · median 1.9%
- Yeast1.4% · 59th percentile · median 1.3%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 30 to 38 minutes
- median 35 minutes
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