Classic Pumpkin Scones
theflavorbender.com · 2019 · 12 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More salt than 91% 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 salt than 91% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
- No egg at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 17 to 22% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (17)
- 400 g AP flour (about 3 ⅓ cups)400 g
- 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon≈ 3.9 g
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
- ¼ tsp ground cloves≈ 0.7 g
- ½ tsp ground ginger (optional)≈ 1.3 g
- 20 g baking powder (4 tsp)20 g
- 1 tsp sea salt≈ 6 g
- 50 g white sugar (¼ cup. Brown sugar can be used as well. (see notes))50 g
- 115 g unsalted butter (8 tbsp / 1 stick - chilled and cut into ½ inch cubes)115 g
- 185 g pumpkin puree (¾ cup. Chilled)185 g
- 180 mL half and half (¾ cup. Chilled)≈ 186 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Extra half and half (to brush the tops of scones)n/a
- Raw sugar to sprinkle on topn/a
- 50 g unsalted butter (4 tbsp)50 g
- 115 g confectioner’s sugar (1 cup)115 g
- Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
- 45 - 60 mL cream (3 - 4 tbsp)≈ 60 g
flour 400 gbatter 969 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.
- Butter29% · 41st percentile · median 33%
- Liquid46% · 30th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar13% · 28th percentile · median 20%
- Egg0% · 19th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5% · 69th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.5% · 92nd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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