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What's baker's %?
- Flour is 100%.
- Every other ingredient is a share of the flour's weight.
- Double the flour and every line doubles with it.
- That is why bakers write bread this way — and why scaling it is just arithmetic.
| Ingredient | Grams | % |
|---|---|---|
| AP flour | 450 g | 100% |
| warm milk | 241 g | 53.6% |
| melted butter | 71 g | 15.8% |
| granulated sugar | 50 g | 11.1% |
| egg | 50 g | 11.1% |
| instant yeast | 7 g | 1.6% |
| salt | 6 g | 1.3% |