Calculating Pan & Proof Basket Size for Perfect Bread | Optimum Dough Weight Guidelines.

Understand the importance of pan size vs. bread dough scaling (dough ) weight. Simple calculation and guidelines for ensuring the right amount of dough for the right size baking pan. These recommended capacity percentages work for most bread pans, bun pans and banneton proofing (proving) baskets.
Eliminate issues of over-sized, misshapen bread and understand the limits of dough expectation in over size pans. Further, in artisan style bread baking it is very important to not use too large of proofing, proving, Banneton basket as these doughs have a tendency to flow more producing flatter breads with less volume when basket sizes are too large for the dough weight.

Here I will teach you some simple calculations that will allow you to "dial in" / optimize your dough weight for whatever pan or proofing basket you are planning to use. Size matters.