Cheddar-Jalapeño Cornmeal Biscuits
completelydelicious.com · 2014 · 8 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More leavening than 84% 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.
- More leavening than 84% of recipes: 6.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
- Less fat than 77% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less buttermilk than 75% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour ((120 grams))120 g
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal ((140 grams))140 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt≈ 3 g
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (, cold and cut into cubes (85 grams))85 g
- 1 cup cheddar cheese (, shredded (113 grams))113 g
- 1-2 jalapeños (thinly sliced (see Note))n/a
- ¾ cup cold buttermilk (, plus additional for brushing (175 ml))≈ 183 g
flour 260 gbatter 661 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% · 23rd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk70% · 25th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.5% · 85th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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