Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe
cafedelites.com · 2026 · 12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 85% of recipes and more leavening than 84%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 85% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More leavening than 84% of recipes: 6.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 cups self-raising flour≈ 250 g
- 1/2 tsp baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- 1/4 tsp baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1/2 tbsp sugar≈ 6 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter (cold/frozen, grated)≈ 71 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3/4 cup buttermilk (for the dough)≈ 183 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 tbsp buttermilk (for brushing)≈ 15 g
flour 250 gbatter 521 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.
- Fat28% · 15th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk73% · 33rd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.5% · 85th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar2.5% · 44th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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