Masa Harina Biscuits
isabeleats.com · 2025 · 8
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 90% of recipes and less buttermilk than 84%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 90% of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less buttermilk than 84% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- More sugar than 84% of recipes: 8.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 2.5 times as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 1 cup masa harina≈ 237 g
- 2 tablespoons baking powder≈ 28 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- ½ cup unsalted butter, (frozen)≈ 114 g
- 2 tablespoons honey≈ 42 g
- 1 ¼ cup whole milk, (chilled)≈ 305 g
- 1 large egg, (beaten)≈ 50 g
flour 487 gbatter 1031 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.
- Fat23% · 10th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk63% · 15th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening5.7% · 70th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar8.6% · 85th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 14 to 16 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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