Irish Scones
bakingamoment.com · 2026 · 12 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More egg than 83% of recipes and less leavening than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 83% of recipes: 21% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.
- Less leavening than 83% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
- Less salt than 82% of recipes: 0.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, under a third as much.
- Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, about half as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 469 g
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 0.5 g
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter ((1 stick), cold)≈ 114 g
- 1 cup whole milk*≈ 244 g
- 2 eggs ((large))≈ 100 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- demerara sugar ((optional garnish))n/a
flour 469 gbatter 991 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.
- Butter24% · 29th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid52% · 53rd percentile · median 52%
- Sugar11% · 23rd percentile · median 20%
- Egg21% · 84th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening2.9% · 16th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.1% · 15th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 475°F / 245°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 14 to 16 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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