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Chocolate Chip Scones

onceuponachef.com · 2018 · 8 scones

Against 660 scone recipes

More salt than 96% 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.

  • More salt than 96% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More leavening than 91% of recipes: 6.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
  • More liquid than 82% of recipes: 74% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
  • More egg than 84% of recipes: 22% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.
Butter: 31%, 47th percentileLiquid: 74%, 83rd percentileSugar: 28%, 76th percentileEgg: 22%, 85th percentileLeavening: 6.1%, 91st percentileSalt: 2%, 97th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 2 cups cake flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off (see note on substitution))≈ 228 g
  • ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
  • 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, (cut into ½-inch (13-mm) pieces)≈ 71 g
  • ⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, (best quality such as Guittard or Ghirardelli)≈ 113 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • ⅔ to ¾ cup heavy cream ((do not substitute milk or light cream))≈ 169 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 tablespoon demerara sugar ((also called raw or turbinado))≈ 14 g

flour 228 gbatter 717 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.

  • Butter31% · 47th percentile
  • Liquid74% · 83rd percentile
  • Sugar28% · 76th percentile
  • Egg22% · 85th percentile
  • Leavening6.1% · 91st percentile
  • Salt2% · 97th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 400°F
Time
12 to 15 minutes
median 16 minutes

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