Lily's Scones

Nigella · nigella.com · Makes: 12

Against 660 scone recipes

No sugar, unlike 91% of recipes and less butter than 91%.

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).
Less butter than 91% of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%, about half as much.
Less leavening than 89% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%, about half as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

500 grams plain flour500 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda≈ 12 g
4½ teaspoons cream of tartar≈ 14 g
50 grams cold unsalted butter (diced)50 g
25 grams trex vegetable shortening in teaspooned lumps (or use another 25g/2 tablespoons butter)25 g
300 millilitres milk≈ 309 g
1 large egg (beaten, for egg-wash)≈ 50 g

flour 500 gbatter 966 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 660 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: butter, liquid, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.