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Flaky Golden Brown Buttermilk Biscuits

bakerbynature.com · 2025

Against 321 biscuit recipes

More leavening than 90% of recipes and more salt than 91%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 90% of recipes: 7.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
  • More sugar than 85% of recipes: 9.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 3 times as much.
  • More fat than 80% of recipes: 49% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Fat: 49%, 81st percentileButtermilk: 71%, 25th percentileLeavening: 7.1%, 90th percentileSugar: 9.1%, 86th percentileSalt: 2.5%, 93rd percentileFatButtermilkLeaveningSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 2 and 1/3 cups (280 g) all-purpose flour (plus extra for hands and work surface )280 g
  • 1 and 1/2 cups (180 g) cake flour180 g
  • 2 Tablespoons (28 g) aluminum free baking powder28 g
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 and 1/4 teaspoons salt≈ 8 g
  • 3/4 cup (170 g) unsalted butter (frozen and coarsely grated )170 g
  • 1 large egg (cold )≈ 50 g
  • 1 and 1/3 cups (303 ml) buttermilk (cold, plus more for brushing )≈ 325 g
  • 2 Tablespoons (43 ml) honey≈ 42 g
  • 4 Tablespoons (57 g) unsalted butter57 g
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons flaky sea salt≈ 3.8 g

flour 460 gbatter 1148 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.

  • Fat49% · 81st percentile
  • Buttermilk71% · 25th percentile
  • Leavening7.1% · 90th percentile
  • Sugar9.1% · 86th percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 93rd percentile

Oven

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

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