Lemon Scones Recipe
thefirstyearblog.com · 2025 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More sugar than 82% of recipes and less liquid than 79%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 82% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%.
- Less liquid than 79% of recipes: 41% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
Ingredients (11)
- 2 ½ cups (300g) all-purpose flour300 g
- ½ cup (99g) granulated sugar99 g
- 1 Tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1 Tbsp lemon zest (about 3 lemons)≈ 6 g
- ½ cup (113g) cold unsalted butter (cubed)113 g
- ½ cup (118ml) buttermilk≈ 122 g
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)≈ 15 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup (113g) powdered sugar113 g
- 2-3 Tbsp lemon juice≈ 37 g
flour 300 gbatter 722 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.
- Butter38% · 67th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid41% · 20th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar33% · 83rd percentile · median 20%
- Egg17% · 54th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.6% · 57th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1% · 57th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 5 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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