Easy Cheddar Biscuits
Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2020 · 8 to 10 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More salt than 75% of recipes and more sugar than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- More sugar than 76% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 cups (254 grams) all-purpose flour, (plus more for dusting)254 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
- 6 tablespoons (85 grams) very cold unsalted butter, (cut into small cubes)85 g
- 1 cup (112 grams) Tillamook Farmstyle Thick Cut Sharp Cheddar Shreds, (plus more for sprinkling)112 g
- 2 teaspoons honey or granulated sugar≈ 14 g
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole milk, (chilled*)≈ 214 g
flour 254 gbatter 700 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.
- Fat34% · 25th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk84% · 50th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6% · 76th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar5.5% · 76th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.4% · 84th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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