Angel Biscuits
africanbites.com · 2023 · 12
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More sugar than 97% of recipes and less leavening than 95%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 97% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 5 times as much.
- Less leavening than 95% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%, about half as much.
- More fat than 91% of recipes: 57% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (11)
- ½ ounce (2 packages or 4½ teaspoons) active dry yeast14 g
- 3 tablespoons (44ml) warm water ((110-115°F))≈ 44 g
- 2 cups (473ml) buttermilk≈ 488 g
- 5 cups (600g) all-purpose flour600 g
- ⅓-½ cup (65-100g) sugar100 g
- 1½ teaspoon (9g) salt9 g
- 2 teaspoons (12g) baking powder12 g
- 1 teaspoon (5g) baking soda5 g
- ⅔ cup (150g) butter150 g
- ⅔ cup (150g) shortening150 g
- 3 tablespoons (45ml) melted butter ((optional))≈ 43 g
flour 600 gbatter 1615 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Fat57% · 92nd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk89% · 60th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening2.8% · 4th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar17% · 98th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.5% · 47th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 425°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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