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Easy Cottage Cheese Brownies

Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2025 · 16

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

No fat, unlike 97% of recipes and more cocoa than 88%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 1221 brownie recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No fat at all, where 97% of recipes use some (most of those 91 to 182% of the flour weight).
  • More cocoa than 88% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 4 times as much.
  • More chocolate than 81% of recipes: 272% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%.
  • More leavening than 85% of recipes: 3.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Chocolate: 272%, 82nd percentileCocoa: 69%, 89th percentileFat: 0%, 1st percentileSugar: 320%, 81st percentileEgg: 160%, 71st percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 86th percentileSalt: 3.2%, 85th percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder≈ 43 g
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour≈ 63 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
  • 1 cup full fat cottage cheese≈ 237 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, plus one handful, divided≈ 170 g

flour 63 gbatter 821 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 1221 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Chocolate272% · 82nd percentile
  • Cocoa69% · 89th percentile
  • Fat0% · 1st percentile
  • Sugar320% · 81st percentile
  • Egg160% · 71st percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 86th percentile
  • Salt3.2% · 85th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
33 to 40 minutes
median 30 minutes

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