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Chocolate Chip Scones

sugarspunrun.com · 2023 · 16 mini scones

Against 660 scone recipes

More butter than 80% of recipes and less leavening than 84%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More butter than 80% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
  • Less leavening than 84% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
  • No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Butter: 45%, 87th percentileLiquid: 48%, 34th percentileSugar: 22%, 57th percentileEgg: 0%, 19th percentileLeavening: 2.8%, 14th percentileSalt: 0.6%, 37th percentileButterLiquidSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar (firmly packed )≈ 55 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
  • ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • ½ cup unsalted butter (very cold and cut into cubes)≈ 114 g
  • ½ cup heavy cream≈ 119 g
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips≈ 85 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
  • 2-4 Tablespoons milk≈ 46 g
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 1.1 g

flour 250 gbatter 633 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% · 87th percentile
  • Liquid48% · 34th percentile
  • Sugar22% · 57th percentile
  • Egg0% · 19th percentile
  • Leavening2.8% · 14th percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 37th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 400°F
Time
13 to 14 minutes
median 16 minutes

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