Chocolate Chip Scones
Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2014 · 8 large scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More sugar than 90% of recipes and more butter than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 90% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, about twice as much.
- More butter than 76% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled), plus more for hands and work surface250 g
- 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, frozen113 g
- 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream (plus 2 Tbsp for brushing)≈ 119 g
- 1/2 cup (100g) packed light or dark brown sugar100 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 6 g
- 1 and 1/4 cups (225g) mini chocolate chips*225 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- optional: coarse sugar for sprinkling on top before bakingn/a
- optional: confectioners’ sugar for sifting on top after bakingn/a
flour 250 gbatter 880 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.
- Butter45% · 79th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid48% · 34th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar40% · 93rd percentile · median 20%
- Egg20% · 71st percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.6% · 57th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.2% · 75th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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