Angel Biscuits
Fred Decker · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 2-1
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less leavening than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less leavening than 98% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%, about half as much.
- More sugar than 90% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 3 times as much.
- Less fat than 78% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast≈ 14 g
- 1/4 cup warm water (110° to 115°)≈ 59 g
- 2 cups warm buttermilk (110° to 115°)≈ 488 g
- 5 to 5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 656 g
- 1/3 cup sugar≈ 67 g
- 2 teaspoons salt≈ 12 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 cup shortening≈ 205 g
- Melted buttern/a
flour 656 gbatter 1517 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.
- Fat31% · 21st percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk83% · 49th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening2.3% · 1st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar10% · 91st percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.8% · 58th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 8 to 10 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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