Cherry Scones
joyfoodsunshine.com · 2025 · 8 Scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 75% of recipes and more leavening than 75%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 75% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- More leavening than 75% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 3 g
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon≈ 0.7 g
- ½ cup salted butter ((frozen))≈ 114 g
- ½ cup half and half ((or heavy cream))≈ 122 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1 cup cherries ((fresh, pitted and quartered. 6 ounces cherries))≈ 237 g
- 1 Tablespoon flour≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 3 Tablespoons heavy cream ((for brushing on the top))≈ 45 g
flour 258 gbatter 850 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.
- Butter44% · 76th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid47% · 30th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar19% · 49th percentile · median 20%
- Egg19% · 60th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5.4% · 76th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.2% · 75th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 14 to 17 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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