baker's percentage

noun

A measurement of the proportion of an ingredient to be used when making bread, cakes, etc., expressing the ingredient in parts per hundred as a ratio of the ingredient's mass to the total mass of flour.

Meanings

nounbaker's percentage (plural baker's percentages)

plural baker's percentages

  1. A measurement of the proportion of an ingredient to be used when making bread, cakes, etc., expressing the ingredient in parts per hundred as a ratio of the ingredient's mass to the total mass of flour.
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