Zucchini Brownies

Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2023 · 16

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

No egg, unlike 93% of recipes and less fat than 91%.

How it compares

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

No egg at all, where 93% of recipes use some (most of those 100 to 167% of the flour weight).
Less fat than 91% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about half as much.
Less sugar than 77% of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 224%.

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

1 1/4 cup granulated sugar≈ 250 g
1/3 cup neutral oil (grapeseed, organic canola or vegetable oil, or other neutral oil of choice)≈ 73 g
2 cups finely shredded zucchini (packed not drained)≈ 248 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1/2 cup cocoa powder (standard)≈ 43 g
2 tablespoon Dutch process (dark chocolate) cocoa powder≈ 11 g
1 tablespoon cornstarch≈ 8 g
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 156 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 3 g
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips≈ 170 g

flour 156 gbatter 969 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 1221 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: chocolate, cocoa, fat, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.