Lemon Scone Recipe
preppykitchen.com · 2024 · 8
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 93% 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.
- More butter than 93% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- 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%.
- More sugar than 75% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%.
Ingredients (13)
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar ((67g))67 g
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest ((about 2 lemons))≈ 6 g
- 2 cups all-purpose flour ((240g))240 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda≈ 0.8 g
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter (cubed (113g))113 g
- ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon buttermilk (divided (135 mL))≈ 137 g
- 1 cold large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup powdered sugar ((60g))60 g
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice≈ 15 g
- Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
flour 240 gbatter 631 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.
- Butter47% · 95th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid57% · 61st percentile · median 52%
- Sugar28% · 75th percentile · median 20%
- Egg21% · 83rd percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.2% · 44th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.3% · 87th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 20 to 25 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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