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Easy Buttermilk Biscuits

livewellbakeoften.com · 2022 · 10 biscuits

Against 321 biscuit recipes

More salt than 75% of recipes and more leavening than 76%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
  • More leavening than 76% of recipes: 6.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Fat: 34%, 27th percentileButtermilk: 73%, 33rd percentileLeavening: 6.1%, 79th percentileSugar: 3.4%, 54th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 84th percentileFatButtermilkLeaveningSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled (250 grams))250 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 teaspoons sugar≈ 8 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (cubed (85 grams) )85 g
  • ¾ cup cold buttermilk (plus more for the tops of the biscuits (180 ml) )≈ 183 g

flour 250 gbatter 548 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.

  • Fat34% · 27th percentile
  • Buttermilk73% · 33rd percentile
  • Leavening6.1% · 79th percentile
  • Sugar3.4% · 54th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 84th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 425°F
Time
15 to 17 minutes
median 15 minutes

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