Chocolate Scones
sugarspunrun.com · 2022 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 98% of recipes and no egg, unlike 62%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 98% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (12)
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
- ¼ cup natural cocoa powder≈ 22 g
- ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- ¼ teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
- ½ cup unsalted butter (cut into 8 pieces (very cold, I recommend placing your butter in the freezer for 15 minutes before beginning) )≈ 114 g
- ½ cup heavy cream (cold )≈ 119 g
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips (I like to use half mini and half regular-sized chocolate chips )≈ 85 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ¾ cup powdered sugar≈ 90 g
- 2 Tablespoons natural cocoa powder≈ 11 g
- 2-3 Tablespoons milk (I use whole milk, but any will do)≈ 38 g
flour 219 gbatter 621 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.
- Butter52% · 98th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid54% · 56th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar23% · 60th percentile · median 20%
- Egg0% · 19th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.2% · 44th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.7% · 43rd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 10 to 15 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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