Will I ever bake bread again? Maybe. I used to and enjoyed it; that was a long time ago and born out of necessity at the time. I was kind of Granola... Steve
A recipe could call for the following ingredients: (percentages of the weight of the flour, metric is easier)
- 100% flour
- 35% water
- 35% milk
- 4% fresh yeast
- 1.8% salt
: "Baker's percentage, sometimes called formula percentage[1], is a way of indicating the proportion of ingredients when making bread. The percentage is the ratio of ingredients expressed in terms of the mass of the flour used (that is, the unit mass). For example, if a recipe calls for 10 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of water, the corresponding percentages will be 100% and 50%. Because of the way these percentages are stated, as a percent of the weight of flour rather than a percent of overall weight of ingredients, the total will always exceed 100%."
