Hello, so happy to have come across this site!  I have a question, which the answer seems obvious but I seem to recall differently.

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I used to bake bread for a deli.  They had their own whole wheat bread, original and with flax seed.  I used to mix with a Hobart mixer.  The recipe nets 6 loaves.  I don't have a Hobart mixer and so I need to make 1/2 the recipe in order to mix in my 6 qt mixer.  The Hobart was a 20 qt...I used 8 cups water, 2 cups oil, 3 cups honey, salt, yeast and 9 large scoops of flour.  I recall the recipe for less than the 6 loaves was not just a matter of halfing the recipe...it still required almost the same amount of water...just less some of the other ingredients.  Maybe I'm mistaken, but can someone tell me...should I be able to half the recipe and get the same results netting 3 loaves?

I sure miss that Hobart mixer!