Calculate ingredient proportions relative to flour weight for perfect baking consistency.
Ingredients
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Baker's Percentages
Total Dough Weight1730g
Total Percentage100.0%
Flour
100%
1000g
Overview
Baker's percentage is a mathematical method used by professional bakers to express a formula where the weight of each ingredient is expressed as a percentage of the total flour weight.
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Pro Tips
Always weigh your flour first, as it's the baseline for everything else.
A typical bread recipe has about 60-75% water and 2% salt.
If using multiple types of flour, their combined weight is your 100%.
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Fun Facts
"In Baker's Math, the total percentage often exceeds 100% (e.g., a 70% hydration bread might be 175% total)."
"This method makes it incredibly easy to scale recipes up or down without changing the proportions."
"It allows bakers to quickly judge if a recipe is 'dry' or 'wet' just by looking at the water percentage."
Formula: The total weight of flour is always 100%. Every other ingredient is calculated as: (Ingredient Weight / Flour Weight) × 100%.
