[Sca-cooks] Salt in No Knead Bread

[Johnna Holloway]

Again King Arthur Flour.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/yeast-breads-and-rolls

The daily bread recipe there calls for 1.5 teaspoons kosher salt to
2.25 cups - 2.75 cups flour.

Johnnae

On May 20, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jane Merrilees <janemerrilees at yahoo.com 
> > wrote:
>> I don't know anything about chemistry but am pretty sure that less  
>> salt
>> would not affect anything other than taste...
>
> There's a fair amount of chemistry involved in baking.  Salt inhibits
> the growth of yeast, so how much you use in a batch of dough does
> matter.  Low-salt (or salt-free) bread has to be made with less yeast.
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain