Easy Drop Biscuits
wellplated.com · 2022 · 12 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More buttermilk than 93% of recipes and less fat than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More buttermilk than 93% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
- Less fat than 88% of recipes: 24% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- Less salt than 90% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about half as much.
Ingredients (11)
- 1/4 cup butter (cold)≈ 57 g
- 1 cup all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (or swap white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour*)≈ 114 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder ((I recommend aluminum free))≈ 14 g
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1 cup whole milk (or buttermilk)≈ 244 g
- 3 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt ((I used nonfat))≈ 46 g
- 1 teaspoon honey≈ 7 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Grated Parmesan and finely chopped fresh chives (try adding a pinch of garlic powder to the dry ingredients with this one!)n/a
- Shredded sharp cheddar and ground black peppern/a
- Shredded gruyere and finely chopped fresh rosemary or thymen/a
flour 239 gbatter 609 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.
- Fat24% · 11th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk121% · 93rd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening5.8% · 72nd percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar2.9% · 46th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt0.8% · 7th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 450°F / 230°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 10 to 13 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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