Cornmeal Butter Biscuits with Chive Butter
countryliving.com · 2023 · 8 serving(s)
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 99% of recipes and more salt than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 99% of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Less leavening than 81% of recipes: 3.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- Less buttermilk than 76% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (14)
- 3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for working≈ 406 g
- 1/2 c. fine yellow cornmeal≈ 69 g
- 1/4 c. cornstarch≈ 32 g
- 2 tbsp. granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 4 tsp. baking powder≈ 18 g
- 1 tbsp. kosher salt≈ 12 g
- 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into cubes and frozen, plus 1 tablespoon, melted≈ 241 g
- 1 1/3 c. whole milk≈ 325 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- Flaky sea saltn/a
- 1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter≈ 114 g
- 2 tbsp. fresh chives, chopped≈ 30 g
- 1 clove garlic, pressedn/a
- Kosher salt and freshly ground peppern/a
flour 475 gbatter 1322 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.
- Fat75% · 100th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk68% · 24th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening3.9% · 17th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar5.3% · 75th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.5% · 93rd percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 475°F / 245°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 17 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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