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Cranberry-Orange Buttermilk Scones

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2015 · 8 to 9 large scones

Against 660 scone recipes

More butter than 96% of recipes and more salt than 96%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More butter than 96% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
  • More salt than 96% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More liquid than 87% of recipes: 79% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
  • Less leavening than 88% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
Butter: 50%, 97th percentileLiquid: 79%, 88th percentileSugar: 18%, 45th percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 2.6%, 11th percentileSalt: 2%, 97th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1 cup (102 g) fresh cranberries102 g
  • 2 3/8 cups (304 g) all-purpose flour304 g
  • 1.5 teaspoons (5 g) baking powder5 g
  • 0.5 teaspoon (3 g) baking soda3 g
  • 1/4 cup (55 g) sugar55 g
  • 1 teaspoon (6 g) salt6 g
  • 1 teaspoon (5ml) grated orange zest, optional≈ 2 g
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (130 g) cold, unsalted butter130 g
  • 1 cup (240 g) buttermilk, plus more as needed240 g
  • 1.5 tablespoons melted butter≈ 21 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • sugar for sprinkling: pearl sugar is pretty if you have it, but turbinado (or other) sugar is tastier, see notes aboven/a

flour 304 gbatter 868 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 660 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter50% · 97th percentile
  • Liquid79% · 88th percentile
  • Sugar18% · 45th percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening2.6% · 11th percentile
  • Salt2% · 97th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
20 minutes
median 16 minutes

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