The BEST Chewy Brownies Recipe

Faith Gorsky · anediblemosaic.com · 2022 · 24 servings

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

Less chocolate than 82% of recipes and less egg than 83%.

How it compares

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

Less chocolate than 82% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%, under a third as much.
Less egg than 83% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 125%.

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

Coconut oil sprayn/a
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (natural, not Dutch-processed)≈ 65 g
1 1/2 teaspoons instant espresso powder≈ 3.6 g
10 tablespoons boiling water (1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons)≈ 178 g
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate (finely chopped)57 g
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)≈ 57 g
10 tablespoons canola oil (or other light-colored neutral-flavored oil (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons))≈ 166 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
2 large egg yolks≈ 36 g
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
2 1/2 cups sugar≈ 500 g
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
1/16 teaspoon baking soda≈ 0.4 g
1 cup walnuts (chopped (or pecans))≈ 120 g

flour 188 gbatter 1482 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.