Strawberry Scones

wellplated.com · 2022 · 12 wedges

Against 660 scone recipes

Less sugar than 78% of recipes and more leavening than 76%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 10% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 20%, about half as much.
More leavening than 76% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.4%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

5 tablespoons butter (frozen as a stick (or chilled and cut into small cubes))≈ 71 g
1 large egg (very cold)≈ 50 g
⅔ cup heavy cream (very cold)≈ 159 g
2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
2 tablespoons sugar≈ 25 g
1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
¼ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g
½ cup dried strawberries (diced (or other dried fruit of your choice))≈ 75 g
¼ cup toasted pecans (chopped (or other nut or additional dried fruit of your choice))≈ 28 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 250 gbatter 672 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 660 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: butter, liquid, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.