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Il Cucchiaio d'Argento · cucchiaio.it · 2026 · 4 porzioni

Against 660 scone recipes

Less butter than 86% of recipes and less sugar than 85%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 86% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%, about half as much.
  • Less sugar than 85% of recipes: 5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, under a third as much.
  • No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
Butter: 18%, 13th percentileLiquid: 45%, 27th percentileSugar: 5%, 13th percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 5%, 69th percentileSalt: 0.2%, 22nd percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 250 g di farina autolievitante250 g
  • 45 g di burro morbido45 g
  • 1 cucchiaio e ½ di zucchero semolato≈ 13 g
  • un pizzico di sale≈ 0.4 g
  • 110 ml di latte≈ 113 g

flour 250 gbatter 421 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.

  • Butter18% · 13th percentile
  • Liquid45% · 27th percentile
  • Sugar5% · 13th percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening5% · 69th percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 22nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 400°F
Time
12 to 15 minutes
median 16 minutes

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