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Portland Scones

gypsysouls · nigella.com · Serves: 16 - 20

Against 660 scone recipes

No butter, unlike 95% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 91%.

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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).
  • No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
  • 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: 0%, 2nd percentileLiquid: 57%, 61st percentileSugar: 0%, 4th percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 5%, 69th percentileSalt: 0%, 7th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (3)

  • 300 millilitres lemonade≈ 301 g
  • 300 millilitres cream≈ 302 g
  • 1000 millilitres self-raising flour≈ 528 g

flour 528 gbatter 1131 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
  • Liquid57% · 61st percentile
  • Sugar0% · 4th percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening5% · 69th percentile
  • Salt0% · 7th percentile

Oven

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

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