Flakiest Biscuits
Mei Lin · foodnetwork.com · 2023 · 6 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 99% of recipes and more leavening than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 99% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
- More leavening than 88% of recipes: 6.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- More sugar than 80% of recipes: 6.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about twice as much.
- Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 72% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 2/3 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting360 g
- 2 tablespoons (20 grams) baking powder20 g
- 2 tablespoons (25 grams) sugar25 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (5 grams) kosher salt5 g
- 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda5 g
- 2 sticks (1 cup; 230 grams) frozen unsalted butter230 g
- 1 cup (260 grams) ice cold buttermilk260 g
- 1/4 cup schmaltz, bacon fat or melted butter≈ 57 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Flaky sea salt, such as Maldon, for sprinklingn/a
flour 360 gbatter 962 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.
- Fat80% · 100th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk72% · 27th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.9% · 89th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar6.9% · 81st percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.4% · 44th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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