Blueberry Buttermilk Biscuits
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2016 · 12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 96% of recipes and less leavening than 93%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 96% of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about half as much.
- Less leavening than 93% of recipes: 3.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- More sugar than 83% of recipes: 8.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 2.5 times as much.
Ingredients (14)
- 2 ¼ to 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 297 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- zest of 1 lemonn/a
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled slightly)≈ 57 g
- 1 cup buttermilk (well shaken)≈ 244 g
- 1 cup fresh blueberries≈ 148 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- milk (for brushing on top before baking)n/a
- 1 teaspoon coarse sugar for garnish (optional)≈ 4.2 g
- 2 cups fresh blueberries≈ 296 g
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar≈ 67 g
- 2 tablespoons water≈ 30 g
- juice of ½ a lemon (about 1 tablespoon)n/a
flour 297 gbatter 784 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.
- Fat19% · 3rd percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk82% · 48th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening3.1% · 6th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar8.4% · 84th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.5% · 47th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 23 to 30 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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