Easy Homemade Biscuits
natashaskitchen.com · 2023 · 10 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More leavening than 97% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 97% of recipes: 8.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (7)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 1 1/2 Tbsp baking powder ((aluminum free))≈ 21 g
- 1 tsp granulated sugar≈ 4.2 g
- 3/4 tsp salt ((we use fine sea salt))≈ 4.5 g
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold (8 Tbsp = 1/2 cup))≈ 114 g
- 1 cup half and half (minus 2 Tbsp)*≈ 244 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/2 Tbsp melted butter (to brush the baked biscuits)≈ 7 g
flour 250 gbatter 637 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% · 69th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk98% · 75th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening8.3% · 98th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar1.7% · 38th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.8% · 58th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 12 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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