Fluffy Cathead Biscuits
africanbites.com · 2021 · 6 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More salt than 91% of recipes and more fat than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- More fat than 76% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More sugar than 80% of recipes: 6.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 cup (135 grams) all-purpose flour135 g
- 2 cups (230 grams) cake flour230 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt≈ 9 g
- 6 ounces (170 grams) unsalted butter, (cut into 1/2 inch cubes)170 g
- 1 ⅓ cups (320 grams) buttermilk320 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- honey butter (RECIPE HERE) ( or honey, for serving)n/a
flour 365 gbatter 906 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.
- Fat47% · 77th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk88% · 59th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.6% · 31st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar6.8% · 81st percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.5% · 93rd percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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