Homemade Biscuits
jessicagavin.com · 2018 · 14 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 85% of recipes and less buttermilk than 85%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 85% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less buttermilk than 85% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- Less leavening than 85% of recipes: 3.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (7)
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (more for dusting)≈ 438 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt (more for topping)≈ 8 g
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar≈ 8 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (plus 2 tablespoons for brushing)≈ 227 g
- 1 cup buttermilk (plus 2 tablespoons, chilled)≈ 274 g
flour 438 gbatter 971 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.
- Fat52% · 86th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk63% · 14th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening3.8% · 14th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar1.9% · 41st percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.8% · 58th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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