Scones Recipe
natashaskitchen.com · 2023 · 8 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 (11)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar≈ 38 g
- 1 Tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold, diced (1 stick))≈ 114 g
- 1 large egg (cold, lightly beaten)≈ 50 g
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (cold, plus 2 Tbsp to brush the tops)≈ 119 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 Tbsp coarse/ raw sugar to sprinkle the top (or sub with granulated sugar)≈ 13 g
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar≈ 80 g
- 1 to 1 1/2 Tbsp milk≈ 19 g
flour 250 gbatter 591 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 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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