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Evie2 · nigella.com · Serves: 8-10

Against 660 scone recipes

No butter, unlike 95% of recipes and more liquid than 96%.

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How it compares

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

  • No butter at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 24 to 45% of the flour weight).
  • More liquid than 96% of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
  • Less sugar than 90% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, under a third as much.
Butter: 0%, 2nd percentileLiquid: 98%, 97th percentileSugar: 1.7%, 9th percentileEgg: 20%, 71st percentileLeavening: 5%, 69th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 75th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 2 cups self-rising flour≈ 250 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 teaspoon superfine sugar≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 egg≈ 50 g
  • ½ pint milk≈ 244 g

flour 250 gbatter 551 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Butter0% · 2nd percentile
  • Liquid98% · 97th percentile
  • Sugar1.7% · 9th percentile
  • Egg20% · 71st percentile
  • Leavening5% · 69th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 75th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 400°F
Time
not stated
median 16 minutes

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