Next level cheese scones
Barney Desmazery · bbcgoodfood.com · 2026 · 8
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 97% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 97% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
- 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).
Ingredients (12)
- 150g cold butter150 g
- 250g plain flour plus a little extra250 g
- 150ml milk plus 2 tsp for brushing≈ 155 g
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar≈ 8 g
- 50g rye or spelt flour (or use a total of 300g plain flour)50 g
- 2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
- large pinch of cayenne pepper or paprika≈ 0.4 g
- 1 tsp mustard powder≈ 4.9 g
- 1 tbsp thyme leaves plus 9 small thyme sprigs≈ 15 g
- 115g extra-mature cheddar115 g
- 50g parmesan or vegetarian alternative, finely grated50 g
- 1 tsp Marmite (optional)≈ 4.9 g
flour 300 gbatter 812 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% · 98th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid52% · 51st percentile · median 52%
- Sugar0% · 4th percentile · median 20%
- Egg0% · 19th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening3.1% · 20th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0% · 7th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 10 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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