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Air fryer scones

Samuel Goldsmith · bbcgoodfood.com · 2024 · 8

Against 660 scone recipes

More leavening than 91% of recipes and no salt, unlike 86%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 91% of recipes: 6.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
  • No salt at all, where 86% of recipes use some (most of those 0.6 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
  • No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Butter: 29%, 40th percentileLiquid: 53%, 54th percentileSugar: 14%, 32nd percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 6.3%, 93rd percentileSalt: 0%, 7th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 175g self-raising flour plus extra for dusting175 g
  • ½ tsp baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 50g butter cut into small cubes50 g
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar≈ 25 g
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
  • 90ml buttermilk or milk≈ 93 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • milk to glazen/a
  • jam and clotted cream, to serven/a

flour 175 gbatter 347 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Butter29% · 40th percentile
  • Liquid53% · 54th percentile
  • Sugar14% · 32nd percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening6.3% · 93rd percentile
  • Salt0% · 7th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 400°F
Time
14 to 18 minutes
median 16 minutes

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