Sourdough Pumpkin Scones
Maurizio Leo · theperfectloaf.com · 2025 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 98% of recipes and less liquid than 95%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 98% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 33%.
- Less liquid than 95% of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%, about half as much.
Ingredients (16)
- 160g whole einkorn flour (or whole wheat flour)160 g
- 160g all-purpose flour160 g
- 80g sugar80 g
- 1/2 tsp sea salt≈ 3 g
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon≈ 3.9 g
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
- 1/2 tsp ginger≈ 1.3 g
- 16g (4 tsp) baking powder16 g
- 170g (12 tablespoons) frozen butter, cut into small cubes170 g
- 80g (1/2 cup) raisins80 g
- 80g ripe sourdough starter (discard)80 g
- 1 egg≈ 50 g
- 75g (about 1/3 cup) buttermilk, plus more for brushing75 g
- 110g pumpkin puree110 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin spice (optional)≈ 0.7 g
flour 320 gbatter 995 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.
- Butter53% · 99th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid23% · 4th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar25% · 64th percentile · median 20%
- Egg16% · 50th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5% · 69th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt0.9% · 53rd percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 10 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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