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Easy Drop Biscuits

Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 8

Against 321 biscuit recipes

No sugar, unlike 69% of recipes and more fat than 77%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
  • More fat than 77% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Fat: 47%, 78th percentileButtermilk: 95%, 64th percentileLeavening: 5.8%, 72nd percentileSugar: 0%, 15th percentileSalt: 2.1%, 71st percentileFatButtermilkLeaveningSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 240 grams (2 cups) all-purpose flour240 g
  • 14 grams (1 tablespoon) baking powder14 g
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt≈ 5 g
  • 113 grams (½ cup, 1 stick) unsalted butter, very cold and cut into small pieces113 g
  • 170-227 grams (¾- 1 cup, 180-240 milliliters) milk or buttermilk227 g

flour 240 gbatter 599 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% · 78th percentile
  • Buttermilk95% · 64th percentile
  • Leavening5.8% · 72nd percentile
  • Sugar0% · 15th percentile
  • Salt2.1% · 71st percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 425°F
Time
16 to 20 minutes
median 15 minutes

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