Cinnamon Scones
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2025 · 8 scones
Against 660 scone recipes
More butter than 80% of recipes and more salt than 89%.
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%.
- More salt than 89% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
- Less liquid than 80% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1/3 cup sugar≈ 67 g
- 1 Tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- 3/4 tsp salt≈ 4.5 g
- 1/2 cup half and half≈ 122 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 10 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled to lukewarm≈ 142 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 tsp cinnamon≈ 5 g
- 4 Tbsp sugar≈ 50 g
flour 313 gbatter 720 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 · median 33%
- Liquid39% · 19th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar21% · 56th percentile · median 20%
- Egg16% · 52nd percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.4% · 50th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1.4% · 90th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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