Baking Powder Biscuits
houseofnasheats.com · 2016 · 6 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 96% of recipes and less salt than 81%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 96% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
- Less salt than 81% of recipes: 1.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
Ingredients (6)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((282g))282 g
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1/4 cup shortening≈ 51 g
- 1 scant cup milk≈ 244 g
flour 282 gbatter 607 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.
- Fat18% · 3rd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk87% · 55th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.9% · 41st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar4.4% · 63rd percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.1% · 16th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 14 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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