Skillet Angel Biscuits with Spicy Honey Butter

Torie Cox · countryliving.com · 2024 · 24 serving(s)

Against 321 biscuit recipes

More fat than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 98%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More fat than 98% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
More sugar than 98% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 5.5 times as much.
Less leavening than 95% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Less buttermilk than 88% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast7 g
2 tbsp. water, warmed to between 100°F and 110°F≈ 30 g
3 tbsp. plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar, divided≈ 40 g
3 3/4 c. all-purpose soft winter wheat flour (such as White Lily), spooned and leveled, plus more for work surface≈ 469 g
2 tsp. baking powder≈ 9 g
1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
3/4 tsp. baking soda≈ 4.5 g
6 tbsp. cold vegetable shortening, cut into pieces≈ 77 g
6 tbsp. (3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted, divided, plus more for skillet≈ 142 g
1 c. buttermilk≈ 244 g
Flaky sea saltn/a
1/2 c. (1 stick) room-temperature unsalted butter≈ 114 g
2 tbsp. pure honey≈ 42 g
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes≈ 1.9 g
Pinch kosher salt≈ 0.4 g

flour 469 gbatter 1183 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, buttermilk, leavening, sugar, salt.