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Pitta Scones

BakingBabe11 · nigella.com · Serves: Several

Against 660 scone recipes

No sugar, unlike 91% of recipes and more leavening than 91%.

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How it compares

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

  • No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
  • More leavening than 91% of recipes: 6.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
  • No salt at all, where 86% of recipes use some (most of those 0.6 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
  • No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Butter: 30%, 42nd percentileLiquid: 67%, 77th percentileSugar: 0%, 4th percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 6.3%, 93rd percentileSalt: 0%, 7th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 220 grams flour220 g
  • 3½ teaspoons cinnamon≈ 9 g
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger≈ 5 g
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 71 millilitres vegetable oil≈ 65 g
  • 142 millilitres milk≈ 146 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence≈ 4.2 g

flour 220 gbatter 464 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.

  • Butter30% · 42nd percentile
  • Liquid67% · 77th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 4th percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening6.3% · 93rd percentile
  • Salt0% · 7th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 400°F
Time
10 minutes
median 16 minutes

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