Foolproof Southern Biscuit Recipe
Meathead Goldwyn · amazingribs.com · 2018 · 9 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More leavening than 99% of recipes and less salt than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 99% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%, about twice as much.
- Less salt than 90% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about half as much.
- More sugar than 84% of recipes: 8.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 2.5 times as much.
Ingredients (7)
- 10 ounces all purpose flour ((284 grams/2 cups))284 g
- 2 tablespoons baking powder≈ 28 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 2 tablespoons sugar≈ 25 g
- 1/2 teaspoon Morton Coarse Kosher Salt≈ 2.4 g
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen ((1 stick))≈ 114 g
- 1 cup buttermilk ((or substitute, below))≈ 244 g
flour 284 gbatter 700 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.
- Fat40% · 48th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk86% · 54th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening11% · 100th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar8.8% · 85th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt0.8% · 7th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 5 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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