Butter Swim Biscuits
Val Goodrich · tasteofhome.com · 2026 · 9 servings
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 79% of recipes and more leavening than 81%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 79% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More leavening than 81% of recipes: 6.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- More salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (7)
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed≈ 114 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 4-1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 21 g
- 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt≈ 9 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1-1/2 cups buttermilk≈ 366 g
flour 375 gbatter 900 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.
- Fat30% · 19th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk98% · 75th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.3% · 83rd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar3.3% · 51st percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.4% · 84th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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