Flaky Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe
lecremedelacrumb.com · 2021 · 12 servings
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 90% of recipes and more sugar than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 90% of recipes: 57% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More sugar than 90% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 3 times as much.
Ingredients (13)
- 4 cups flour≈ 500 g
- 4 teaspoons baking powder≈ 18 g
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder≈ 2.5 g
- 12 tablespoons cold butter ((¾ cup), divided)≈ 170 g
- 1 ¾ cup cold buttermilk (divided)≈ 427 g
- 4 ounces sharp cheddar cheese (freshly grated)113 g
- ¼ cup finely chopped chives (see note for rosemary variation)≈ 59 g
- 2 teaspoons sugar≈ 8 g
- ½ cup butter (softened)≈ 114 g
- 2 tablespoons honey≈ 42 g
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
flour 500 gbatter 1471 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.
- Fat57% · 91st percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk85% · 52nd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.9% · 41st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar10% · 90th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.8% · 58th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 18 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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