Sugar Biscuits
Bobby Flay · foodnetwork.com · 2017 · 8 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 90% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 69%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 90% of recipes: 57% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (8)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting≈ 250 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus 4 tablespoons, melted≈ 142 g
- 3/4 cup cold buttermilk≈ 183 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Heavy cream, for brushingn/a
- Granulated sugar, for sprinklingn/a
flour 250 gbatter 590 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.
- Fat57% · 91st percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk73% · 33rd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.9% · 41st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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