A Simple Baker’s Bread Formula is easy to follow. For one loaf of basic lean dough bread, irrespective of its shape, you can use the following ratio of ingredients:

1 cup water
1 teaspoon of dry yeast
1 teaspoon of salt
2 cups of unbleached bread flour (more or less)*

*Because the humidity in flour changes from day to day and especially season to season, you may require more or less flour to create a dough with the proper consistency.

The Baker’s Formula (for basic breads) can also be weighed:

Flour	100%	500 g	2 kg
Water	60%	300 g	1.2 kg
Yeast (Fresh)	3-4%	15-20 g	60-80 g
Salt	2%	10 g	40 g