I Tested the Biscuits Recipe That Dolly Parton Was Famous For
Nancy Mock · tasteofhome.com · 2022
Against 321 biscuit recipes
Less fat than 87% 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 87% of recipes: 26% 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 salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- More leavening than 76% of recipes: 6.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
Ingredients (6)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed≈ 250 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 5 tablespoons lard or vegetable shortening≈ 64 g
- 1 cup buttermilk≈ 244 g
flour 250 gbatter 579 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.
- Fat26% · 12th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk98% · 75th percentile · median 84%
- Leavening6.1% · 79th percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar0% · 15th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt2.4% · 84th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 13 to 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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