Buttermilk, Bacon, & Sage Biscuits
Sarah | Broma Bakery · bromabakery.com · 2015 · 10-12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 90% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 69%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 90% of recipes: 23% 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).
- Less buttermilk than 78% of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (7)
- 2 cups self-rising flour≈ 250 g
- 2 tablespoons fresh sage, diced small≈ 30 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt*≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper≈ 2.5 g
- 1/4 cup butter, cold and cut into cubes≈ 57 g
- 2/3 cup low-fat buttermilk, plus more for washing≈ 163 g
- 4-6 strips cooked bacon, cut into piecesn/a
flour 250 gbatter 505 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.
- Fat23% · 9th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk65% · 19th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening5% · 49th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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