Cheddar Biscuits
Carrie Purcell · countryliving.com · 2018 · 24 serving(s)
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More leavening 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.
- More leavening than 90% of recipes: 7.4% 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).
- More salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (7)
- 4 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for surface≈ 500 g
- 8 tsp. baking powder≈ 37 g
- 2 tsp. salt≈ 12 g
- 2 tsp. Freshly ground pepper≈ 10 g
- 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces≈ 170 g
- 2 c. buttermilk≈ 488 g
- 4 oz. grated Cheddar (about 1 cup)113 g
flour 500 gbatter 1330 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.
- Fat34% · 26th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk98% · 75th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening7.4% · 92nd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.4% · 84th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 14 to 18 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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