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Cranberry Orange Scones

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2016 · 8

Against 660 scone recipes

More sugar than 89% of recipes and no egg, unlike 62%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 89% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, about twice as much.
  • No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 42% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
Butter: 42%, 73rd percentileLiquid: 62%, 67th percentileSugar: 39%, 90th percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 4.1%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1.2%, 75th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1/4 cup (120ml) milk≈ 61 g
  • 3.5 oz. (100g) sour cream100 g
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour260 g
  • 2 tsp. baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda≈ 1.5 g
  • 1/2 cup (100g) sugar100 g
  • 1/2 tsp. salt≈ 3 g
  • zest of 1 organic lemonn/a
  • zest of 1 organic orangen/a
  • 1/2 cup (110g) cold butter110 g
  • 5.3 oz. (150g) dried cranberries150 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup (130g) confectioner’s sugar130 g
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract≈ 1.1 g
  • 1-2 tbsp. lemon or orange juice≈ 22 g

flour 260 gbatter 799 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.

  • Butter42% · 73rd percentile
  • Liquid62% · 67th percentile
  • Sugar39% · 90th percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening4.1% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 75th percentile

Oven

Temperature
390°F / 200°C
median 400°F
Time
18 to 20 minutes
median 16 minutes

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