Cheese Scones
thebakingexplorer.com · 2023 · 10
Against 660 scone recipes
No sugar, unlike 91% of recipes and more leavening than 93%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
- More leavening than 93% of recipes: 6.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.
- Less butter than 85% of recipes: 19% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
Ingredients (10)
- 450 g Self raising flour450 g
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder≈ 7 g
- 1/2 tsp Salt≈ 3 g
- 1 tsp English mustard powder (or cayenne papper, or paprika (optional))≈ 4.9 g
- 85 g Butter (unsalted, cold)85 g
- 150 g Strong cheddar cheese (grated)150 g
- 220 ml Milk (whole or semi-skimmed)≈ 227 g
- 1 Egg (large)≈ 50 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 Egg (medium)≈ 50 g
- 25 g Strong cheddar cheese (grated)25 g
flour 450 gbatter 977 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.
- Butter19% · 14th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid50% · 48th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar0% · 4th percentile · median 20%
- Egg11% · 42nd percentile · median 16%
- Leavening6.5% · 94th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.7% · 43rd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 12 to 14 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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