Angel Biscuits
aspicyperspective.com · 2026 · 24 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 96% of recipes and less fat than 84%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 96% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%, about half as much.
- Less fat than 84% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More sugar than 85% of recipes: 8.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 2.5 times as much.
- Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 packets dry active yeast (4 ½ teaspoons)≈ 14 g
- 3 tablespoons warm water≈ 44 g
- 6 cups WhiteLily all-purpose flour (or 5 ½ cups from another brand)≈ 750 g
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar≈ 67 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- ½ cup cold butter (cut into cubes + 2 tb melted butter for tops)≈ 114 g
- ½ cup cold shortening (cut into cubes)≈ 103 g
- 2 cups buttermilk≈ 488 g
flour 750 gbatter 1608 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.
- Fat29% · 15th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk71% · 26th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening2.6% · 3rd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar8.9% · 85th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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