how many grams in a teaspoon of bread flour?

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• How much does a teaspoon of bread flour add to dough hydration?
  A teaspoon is about 2.5 g, so adding one to a 500 g dough shifts the baker's percentage hydration by roughly half a point — barely perceptible. Adding three or four teaspoons (10 g) starts to matter: a 75% hydration ciabatta drops to about 73%, which firms the dough noticeably. If a dough is too slack, adjust by the teaspoon and let it rest a few minutes between additions before judging.
• Why would a recipe ask for a teaspoon of bread flour instead of all-purpose?
  Usually because the rest of the recipe already uses bread flour and the small addition keeps the protein profile consistent — for example, when laminating a brioche or topping a shaped loaf with a flour stencil before scoring. Using a teaspoon of bread flour rather than swapping in all-purpose avoids introducing a softer flour into a dough engineered around higher-gluten development.
• How do I measure a teaspoon of bread flour accurately without a scale?
  Stir the flour in its container to loosen it, spoon it into the teaspoon until it mounds, then sweep the back of a knife across the rim to level. Don't dip the spoon directly into the bag — that compacts the flour and can push a single teaspoon from 2.5 g toward 3.5 g. For repeated small additions in a dough adjustment, weighing in 5 g or 10 g increments is faster and more consistent.

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