Peanut Butter Biscuits

theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2020 · 7 large or 10 small

Against 321 biscuit recipes

Less fat than 98% of recipes and less leavening than 86%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less fat than 98% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, under a third as much.
Less leavening than 86% of recipes: 3.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.1%.
More sugar than 86% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%, about 3 times as much.
Buttermilk in the middle half of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups all purpose flour (sifted)≈ 250 g
2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
2 Tbsp granulated sugar ((optional ~ it's not in the original recipe))≈ 25 g
1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
2 Tbsp cold butter ( (Princess Pamela calls for lard or other cooking fat))≈ 28 g
3 Tbsp peanut butter ((Princess Pamela calls for 2 tablespoons))≈ 48 g
1 cup whole milk (or half & half or buttermilk, plus more for brushing.)≈ 244 g

flour 250 gbatter 608 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, buttermilk, leavening, sugar, salt.