Cheese Scones
yellowblissroad.com · 2022 · 8
Against 660 scone recipes
No sugar, unlike 91% of recipes and more egg than 94%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 660 scone recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No sugar at all, where 91% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 30% of the flour weight).
- More egg than 94% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about twice as much.
- More liquid than 84% of recipes: 76% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter (cut into small cubes)≈ 114 g
- 2 eggs (lightly beaten)≈ 100 g
- 1 cup cream (plus a few tablespoons more if needed)≈ 238 g
- 1 ½ cup shredded yellow and white cheddar cheese blend≈ 356 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Optional: fresh chives and butter for servingn/a
flour 313 gbatter 1136 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.
- Butter36% · 64th percentile · median 33%
- Liquid76% · 85th percentile · median 52%
- Sugar0% · 4th percentile · median 20%
- Egg32% · 95th percentile · median 16%
- Leavening4.4% · 50th percentile · median 4.4%
- Salt1% · 57th percentile · median 0.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 400°F
- Time
- 15 to 20 minutes
- median 16 minutes
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