Homemade Butter Biscuits
bakeschool.com · 2014 · 10
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 78% of recipes and less fat than 75%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 78% of recipes: 4.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- Less fat than 75% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (7)
- 345 grams bleached all-purpose flour345 g
- 15 mL baking powder≈ 14 g
- 6.25 mL Diamond Crystal fine kosher salt≈ 4.6 g
- 14 grams granulated sugar (for sweeter biscuits, use up to 45 grams (3 tbsp) of sugar)14 g
- 115 grams unsalted butter (cut into small chunks)115 g
- 250 mL half-and-half cream (10 % fat) (plus more for brushing on top of the biscuits (see note))≈ 252 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Turbinado sugar (for garnishing)n/a
flour 345 gbatter 744 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.
- Fat33% · 24th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk73% · 28th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.1% · 21st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar4.1% · 60th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.3% · 40th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 25 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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