Cheese Scones
bakingamoment.com · 2026 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
No sugar, unlike 91% of recipes and more salt than 92%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
- More salt than 92% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about twice as much.
- More liquid than 80% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
- More leavening than 76% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((250 g))250 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper≈ 2.5 g
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (cut into small cubes (85 g))85 g
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese (freshly grated (100 g))100 g
- 3/4 cup heavy cream (plus more for brushing)≈ 179 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese for topping (freshly grated (25 g))25 g
flour 250 gbatter 684 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.
- Butter34% · 53rd percentile · median 33%
- Liquid71% · 81st percentile · median 52%
- Sugar0% · 4th percentile · median 20%
- Egg20% · 71st percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5.5% · 82nd percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.6% · 94th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 18 to 22 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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