How to Make Scones (basic scone recipe)
spendwithpennies.com · 2024 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More egg than 94% of recipes and less sugar than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 94% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about twice as much.
- Less sugar than 88% of recipes: 4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, under a third as much.
- More leavening than 89% of recipes: 5.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 4 teaspoons baking powder≈ 18 g
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar≈ 13 g
- ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter (cold, cut into pieces)≈ 76 g
- 2 large eggs (beaten)≈ 100 g
- ¾ cup heavy whipping cream≈ 179 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- milk (to brush on scones)n/a
flour 313 gbatter 699 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.
- Butter24% · 29th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid57% · 61st percentile · median 52%
- Sugar4% · 11th percentile · median 20%
- Egg32% · 95th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5.9% · 90th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.5% · 31st percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 20 to 23 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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