Sourdough Cheddar Biscuits
littlespoonfarm.com · 2025 · 12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 90% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 90% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (See notes)≈ 313 g
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (cold)≈ 114 g
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter discard (or active starter)≈ 120 g
- 1 cup buttermilk (or milk, see notes)≈ 244 g
- 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)≈ 13 g
- 1 ½ cups sharp cheddar cheese (shredded)≈ 356 g
- ½ cup green onions (thinly sliced)≈ 119 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 7 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
flour 313 gbatter 1293 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.
- Fat36% · 42nd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk78% · 43rd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening3.2% · 8th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar4% · 59th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.9% · 64th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 120 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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