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Chocolate Chip Scones

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2024 · 12 scones

Against 660 scone recipes

More salt than 95% of recipes and more egg than 89%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 95% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More egg than 89% of recipes: 26% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.
  • More butter than 75% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
Butter: 45%, 76th percentileLiquid: 62%, 69th percentileSugar: 26%, 67th percentileEgg: 26%, 90th percentileLeavening: 4.4%, 50th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 96th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 3 cups (381 grams) all-purpose flour381 g
  • ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar50 g
  • ¼ cup (50 grams) lightly packed light brown sugar50 g
  • 1 ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 7 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 10- ounce bag (283 grams) mini semisweet chocolate chips1283 g
  • 1 ½ sticks (170 grams) unsalted butter, (cold and cubed (keep chilled until added to dry mixture))170 g
  • 1 cup (237 grams) buttermilk, (cold)237 g
  • 2 large eggs, (divided)≈ 100 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Coarse sugar, (optional for topping)n/a

flour 381 gbatter 1303 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.

  • Butter45% · 76th percentile
  • Liquid62% · 69th percentile
  • Sugar26% · 67th percentile
  • Egg26% · 90th percentile
  • Leavening4.4% · 50th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 96th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
18 to 20 minutes
median 16 minutes

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