Pumpkin Scones

onceuponachef.com · 2024 · 12 small scones

Against 660 scone recipes

Less liquid than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 96%.

How it compares

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

Less liquid than 98% of recipes: 18% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%, about half as much.
More sugar than 96% of recipes: 41% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, about twice as much.
More butter than 80% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
Less leavening than 81% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.

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

½ cup canned pumpkin purée, (such as Libby's)≈ 123 g
1 large egg≈ 50 g
3 tablespoons heavy cream≈ 45 g
1 tablespoon molasses, (such as Grandma's Original)≈ 21 g
2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off, plus more for dusting)≈ 250 g
¼ cup + 2 tablespoons (packed) dark brown sugar≈ 83 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
¾ teaspoon ground ginger≈ 2 g
¾ teaspoon ground cloves≈ 2 g
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
½ cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter≈ 114 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 250 gbatter 711 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.