Scones
John Kanell · preppykitchen.com · 2023 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
Close to the middle of 660 scone recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 25% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour ((300g))300 g
- ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 2½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ⅓ cup cold unsalted butter (cubed (76g))76 g
- ½ cup mix-ins (dried currants or cranberries, chocolate chips, berries, nuts (optional))≈ 119 g
- ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream (divided (195mL))≈ 193 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 tablespoon coarse sugar≈ 13 g
flour 300 gbatter 819 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.
- Butter25% · 33rd percentile · median 33%
- Liquid65% · 74th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar21% · 55th percentile · median 20%
- Egg17% · 54th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening3.8% · 35th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1% · 57th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 10 to 12 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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