Baker’s Percentage Exercises, Part 1

Express each list of ingredients in baker’s percentage.

The answers are here. The tutorial is here.

Exercise 1

  • 700 g flour
  • 386 g water
  • 50 g egg
  • 28 g fresh yeast
  • 7 g salt

Exercise 2

  • 2 pounds flour
  • 18 ounces water
  • 2 ounces milk
  • 3 ounces butter
  • 0.16 ounces instant yeast
  • 0.7 ounces salt

Exercise 3

  • 500 g white flour
  • 250 g whole wheat flour
  • 250 g spelt flour
  • 700 g water
  • 10 g instant yeast
  • 20 g salt

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  1. franz f. l. espina on July 25 2008 at 12:03 am:

    im a culinary student and failing at my QFP can you teach me more

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