Pull-Apart Biscuit King Cake
Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2020
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes and less leavening than 81%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes: 49% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- Less leavening than 81% of recipes: 3.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- More sugar than 77% of recipes: 6.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (13)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes≈ 170 g
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten≈ 50 g
- 3/4 cup cold buttermilk≈ 183 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted≈ 57 g
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar≈ 133 g
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon≈ 12 g
- yellow, green, and purple sanding sugarn/a
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar mixed with a few teaspoons of milk or water for glaze≈ 60 g
flour 375 gbatter 822 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.
- Fat45% · 69th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk49% · 6th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening3.9% · 17th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar6.7% · 79th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 18 to 25 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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