Easy Drop Biscuits

momontimeout.com · 2020 · 8

Against 321 biscuit recipes

Less salt than 90% of recipes and less buttermilk than 78%.

How it compares

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

Less salt than 90% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about half as much.
Less buttermilk than 78% of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
1 tablespoon sugar (optional)≈ 13 g
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
1/2 cup COLD butter≈ 114 g
1 egg≈ 50 g
2/3 cup buttermilk (I used low fat buttermilk, whole milk can also be used here)≈ 163 g

flour 250 gbatter 605 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, buttermilk, leavening, sugar, salt.