Sourdough Scones
savorthebest.com · 2023 · 16 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 95% of recipes and more salt than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 95% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- More salt than 91% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
- No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (15)
- 2½ cups all purpose flour (300 grams )300 g
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar (67 grams )67 g
- 2½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 12 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- zest from 1 lemonn/a
- 10 tablespoons butter (cold; cubed, 142 grams )142 g
- 1 cup dried blueberries (or other mix ins such as chocolate chips, or nuts)≈ 148 g
- ¾ cup active sourdough starter (180 grams )180 g
- ⅔ cup buttermilk (or kefir, 160 grams )160 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream (or melted butter, 30 grams )30 g
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar (30 grams )30 g
- 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk≈ 38 g
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
flour 300 gbatter 1016 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%
- Liquid53% · 54th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar22% · 59th percentile · median 20%
- Egg0% · 19th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.8% · 61st percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.5% · 92nd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 15 to 22 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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