Drop Biscuits
fifteenspatulas.com · 2023 · 12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 92% of recipes and less leavening than 93%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 92% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less leavening than 93% of recipes: 3.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- Less salt than 85% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (5)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((286g, or 10 ounces by weight))286 g
- 2 tsp baking powder ((9g))9 g
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt ((3g))3 g
- 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter (cubed (1.5 sticks))≈ 170 g
- 1 cup buttermilk ((I used lowfat cultured organic))≈ 244 g
flour 286 gbatter 712 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.
- Fat60% · 92nd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk85% · 51st percentile · median 84%
- Leavening3.1% · 6th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1% · 13th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 17 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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