Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2020 · 12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 85% of recipes and less leavening than 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 85% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less leavening than 77% of recipes: 4.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (8)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour ((400g))400 g
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, (cut into ½-inch pieces and frozen for 1 hour)≈ 114 g
- 1 ⅓ cups buttermilk, (well shaken (10 ¾ oz or 310g))310 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- melted butter for brushing on top, (optional)n/a
flour 400 gbatter 859 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.
- Fat28% · 15th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk78% · 41st percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.2% · 22nd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar3.1% · 48th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.5% · 47th 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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