Cranberry Orange Scones Recipe
natashaskitchen.com · 2015 · 12 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 80% of recipes and more leavening than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 80% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- More leavening than 76% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 3 Tbsp sugar≈ 38 g
- 1 Tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 Tbsp grated orange zest (from 1/2 orange, plus more for glaze)≈ 3 g
- 1/2 cup 1 stick cold butter, cut into chunks≈ 114 g
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)≈ 50 g
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream + 1 Tbsp to brush the top≈ 119 g
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries≈ 113 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 Tbsp coarse/raw sugar to sprinkle the top (optional)≈ 13 g
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar≈ 80 g
- 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice≈ 15 g
flour 250 gbatter 702 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% · 87th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid48% · 34th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar15% · 35th percentile · median 20%
- Egg20% · 71st percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5.5% · 82nd percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.2% · 75th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 15 to 17 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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