Cranberry Orange Scones
John Kanell · preppykitchen.com · 2022 · 8 servings
Against 660 scone recipes
No butter, unlike 95% of recipes and more salt than 85%.
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 salt than 85% of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
- More egg than 81% of recipes: 21% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((240g))240 g
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar ((66g))66 g
- 2½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ½ cup cold (unsalted butter, cubed (113g))113 g
- 1 tablespoon orange zest ((about 1 orange))≈ 6 g
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries ((110g))110 g
- ½ cup cold heavy cream (plus more for brushing (120ml))≈ 119 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Coarse or granulated sugar (for sprinkling)n/a
- 1 cup powdered sugar ((120g))120 g
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice≈ 30 g
flour 240 gbatter 719 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.
- Butter0% · 2nd percentile · median 33%
- Liquid50% · 45th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar28% · 74th percentile · median 20%
- Egg21% · 83rd percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.8% · 61st percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.3% · 87th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 20 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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