Homemade Sourdough Biscuits
savorthebest.com · 2025 · 10 servings
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 87% of recipes and less buttermilk than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 87% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less buttermilk than 76% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- Leavening in the middle half of recipes: 4.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour (or pastry flour, 320 grams)320 g
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar (optional)≈ 8 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda≈ 4.5 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (optional)≈ 4.9 g
- 12 tablespoons butter (cold and cubed, 170 grams)170 g
- ½ cup sourdough discard (cold, 120 grams)120 g
- ⅔ cup heavy cream (cold, 160 grams, plus more if needed)160 g
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream (melted butter, or an egg wash)≈ 60 g
flour 320 gbatter 863 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.
- Fat53% · 88th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk69% · 24th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.3% · 24th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar2.6% · 45th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.9% · 64th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 17 to 22 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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