i need help with working out formula's help anyone?

Hi, cankramme.

I could do the calculations for you, but you would be better off, in my opinion, learning to do it yourself.

The numbers you have use "Baker's math" also called "Baker's percentages." King Arthur Flour has a nice introduction on their web site. Here's a link:

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/professional/bakers-percentage.html

Most good bread baking books also have instructions for translating a formula into specific ingredient weights.

I suggest you consult a book like Hamelman's "Bread" or Reinhart's "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" or read the linked web page above. If you need any further help, please ask again.

I have no idea what "MRU" means.

David

Also a little intro here in Fresh Loaf Handbook link, at top of each page:

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/handbook/baker039s-math

first, add all your baker's % together.

for the first one, you get 50+50+2+3.5+60 = 165.5

then, divide each bakers % by the total you calculated. so for you that is

50/165.5 = 0.3

2/165.5 = 0.012

3.5/165.5 = 0.021

60/165.5 = 0.363

then multiply those actual % by the total dough weight you want. for example, 1000g

300g of each flour

12g salt

21g compressed yeast

363g water

You can try it for the second formula ;) I have no idea what MRU means for your improver.

Edit: heh, beaten to the punch whilst I was typing.

There are at least two ways to use Bakers Percent Math. The example that jj1109 is showing you is a way to arrive at he amounts to make a certain size loaf by totaling the percents of each item.

The other way to use this method I think is easier to start with and is a more simple process. This method assumes that the flours in total equal 100%. Everything else is measured or calculated from the reference of the 100% of the flour. So the first thing you need to do is add the flours up. In your second example, you have 90% and 10% of two flours. So if you want to make a dough that uses say 600 grams of flour in total, multiply .90 X 600 =540g and .10 X 600=60g. The same applies to all other ingredients. For example the salt is shown as 2%. So multiply 600 X .02=12g.

Once you use this system a few times I'm sure you will find it very helpful. When you want or need to make a formula to make a loaf or batch of an exact size, the other example is used but for now it's probably easier to wait for that one. Hope this helps.

Eric

This seems awfully complicated. I thought I might be ready to tackle formula but now I'm not so sure. 

http://www.wildyeastblog.com/bakers-percentage-index/

Susan makes it quite less complicated than it sounds and even breaks it up into three parts.

Hi

Your % column adds up to 162!

If your flour plus semolina is 1000, then the multiplier is 10

Therefore your metric recipe in the second column is 162 x 10 = 1620

In that case if you want to make 4253 g of dough, your multiplier is as follows:

4253/ 1620 = 2.63

So you multiply all the metric ingredients in the second column by 2.63, and, hey presto, that is your recipe.

And..it's all been developed from the original formula using simple multiplication and division.

Best of luck with the maths

Andy