Sourdough Biscuits
Eric Rusch · breadtopia.com · 12-14 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 98% of recipes and less buttermilk than 96%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 98% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%, about half as much.
- Less buttermilk than 96% of recipes: 48% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- More fat than 81% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (7)
- 400g organic all purpose flour (3 cups)400 g
- 9g baking powder (2 tsp)9 g
- 5-8g coarse salt (1 – 1 ½ tsp)8 g
- 200g sourdough starter past ripe if possible (3/4 cup stirred down)200 g
- 190g heavy cream (3/4 cup)190 g
- 200g unsalted butter cubed (14 Tbsp)200 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Milk for brushing the tops of the biscuitsn/a
flour 400 gbatter 1007 g
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Fat50% · 82nd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk48% · 4th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening2.3% · 1st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2% · 68th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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