Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
baking-sense.com · 2016 · 12 biscuits
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Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 81% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 4.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (8)
- 10 oz all purpose flour (2 cups, see note)284 g
- 9 oz cake flour (2 cups)255 g
- 4 teaspoons baking powder≈ 18 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 2 teaspoons sugar≈ 8 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 8 oz unsalted butter (cold and cut into 16 pieces)227 g
- 16 oz buttermilk (2 cups)454 g
flour 539 gbatter 1258 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.
- Fat42% · 55th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk84% · 50th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.5% · 30th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar1.6% · 34th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.1% · 16th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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