Pumpkin Pecan Scones with Brown Butter Glaze
joythebaker.com · 2013 · 12 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More sugar than 90% of recipes and more butter than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 90% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, about twice as much.
- More butter than 76% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
- Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
Ingredients (19)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar≈ 147 g
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger≈ 1.3 g
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice≈ 0.7 g
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves≈ 0.3 g
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup, 6 ounces) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes≈ 170 g
- 1 cup buttermilk, cold≈ 244 g
- 1 cup pumpkin puree≈ 245 g
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans≈ 55 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter≈ 57 g
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar≈ 180 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3 to 4 tablespoons whole milk≈ 54 g
flour 375 gbatter 1272 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% · 79th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid65% · 75th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar39% · 90th percentile · median 20%
- Egg0% · 19th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening3.9% · 38th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.8% · 48th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 18 to 20 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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