Drop Biscuits
John Kanell · preppykitchen.com · 2022 · 8 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More salt than 91% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 69%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
- More fat than 77% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (5)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((240g))240 g
- 2½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter (cubed (113g))113 g
- ¾ cup whole milk (plus more for if needed (160ml))≈ 183 g
flour 240 gbatter 554 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% · 78th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk76% · 40th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.8% · 33rd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.5% · 93rd percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 15 to 18 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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