Biscuit Recipe
preppykitchen.com · 2021 · 12 servings (about)
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 95% of recipes and more salt than 97%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 95% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- More salt than 97% of recipes: 3.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.
- More fat than 78% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less buttermilk than 76% of recipes: 68% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (7)
- 4 cups all-purpose flour ((480g))480 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 2½ teaspoons salt≈ 15 g
- 1 cup very cold unsalted butter (cubed (227g))227 g
- 1⅓ cups cold milk ((320mL))≈ 325 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- melted butter (for brushing (optional))n/a
flour 480 gbatter 1086 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.
- Fat47% · 79th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk68% · 23rd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening2.9% · 5th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar5.2% · 75th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt3.1% · 98th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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