Perfect Buttermilk Biscuits
Lena Abraham · delish.com · 2019 · 6
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 96% of recipes and more fat than 89%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 96% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%, about half as much.
- More fat than 89% of recipes: 56% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less buttermilk than 86% of recipes: 59% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (8)
- 3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour, plus more for surface≈ 406 g
- 1 tbsp. granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- 2 tsp. baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt≈ 6 g
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for brushing≈ 227 g
- 3/4 c. buttermilk≈ 183 g
- 1/4 c. sour cream≈ 58 g
flour 406 gbatter 903 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.
- Fat56% · 89th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk59% · 13th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening2.6% · 3rd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar3.1% · 48th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.5% · 47th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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