Hot Cross Biscuits
completelydelicious.com · 2018 · 8 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes and less salt than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes: 49% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- Less salt than 90% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about half as much.
- Less fat than 79% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More sugar than 77% of recipes: 6.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (14)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice≈ 0.7 g
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest≈ 6 g
- ½ cup butter (, cold and cubed)≈ 114 g
- ½ cup raisins or dried currants≈ 75 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- ¾ cup cold buttermilk≈ 183 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup powdered sugar (, sifted)≈ 120 g
- 1 tablespoon milk or cream≈ 15 g
flour 375 gbatter 849 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.
- Fat30% · 19th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk49% · 6th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.5% · 30th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar6.7% · 79th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt0.8% · 7th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 18 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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