The Best Sourdough Biscuits
melskitchencafe.com · 2023 · 14 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less buttermilk than 91% of recipes and more 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%.
- More leavening than 81% of recipes: 6.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (9)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder≈ 21 g
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt≈ 4.5 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 3/4 cup (12 tablespoons, 170 g) very cold or frozen salted butter170 g
- 1 1/2 cups sourdough starter, fed or discard≈ 360 g
- 3/4 cup buttermilk≈ 183 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Melted butter, for brushingn/a
flour 375 gbatter 1129 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% · 61st percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk49% · 6th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.3% · 83rd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar3.3% · 51st percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 to 22 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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