Cheddar Biscuits
Taste of Home Editorial Team · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 16 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 85% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 69%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 85% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- No sugar at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 3 to 7.6% of the flour weight).
- More leavening than 76% of recipes: 6.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
- Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
Ingredients (7)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese≈ 178 g
- 1/3 cup shortening≈ 68 g
- 1 cup buttermilk≈ 244 g
flour 250 gbatter 758 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.
- Fat27% · 14th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk98% · 75th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.1% · 79th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt1.2% · 28th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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