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Baker's Percentage

Recipe formula where flour is 100% and everything else is a ratio.

Baker's Percentage: kitchen scale with flour and water, simple weights visible
Every ingredient expressed as a percent of the flour, which is always 100%.

A system where all ingredients are expressed as a percentage of the flour weight. Flour is always 100%, and everything else is a ratio to that. For example: 500g flour, 350g water = 70% hydration (350÷500). This makes recipes scalable.

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By Henry Hunter · Updated

Henry's notes from the bench

  • Once you learn baker's percentages, you can scale any recipe up or down in your head. It's liberating!

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