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Learn baker's math
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A sequence from weighing and baker's percentage through hydration, preferments, and dough temperature so a formula can be scaled and controlled.
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Flour is 100%. Everything else is a percentage of flour weight — including water, which is hydration 1. To hit a dough weight, Dough yield is the conversion-factor step. After this spine, Autolyse is a mix rest, not a new math. Inoculation is how much culture you add, still in the same language.
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- Baker's Percentage — King Arthur Baking — Professional reference on baker's percent, hydration as liquid percent of flour, formula conversion factor, and overall percent with preferments.
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