Ultimate Fudge Brownies with Pecans

Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 30

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More chocolate than 99% of recipes and more fat than 95%.

How it compares

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

More chocolate than 99% of recipes: 580% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%, about 4 times as much.
More fat than 95% of recipes: 290% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about twice as much.
More leavening than 98% of recipes: 8.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
More salt than 90% of recipes: 3.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about 3 times as much.

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

1 pound (2 cups) unsalted butter454 g
22 oz dark chocolate or chips (at least 60%) plus 10 oz dark chocolate chips907 g
6 large eggs≈ 300 g
1/4 cup brewed strong coffee≈ 59 g
2 TBSP pure vanilla extract≈ 25 g
2 1/2 cups sugar≈ 500 g
1 1/4 cup flour≈ 156 g
1 TBSP baking powder≈ 14 g
1 tsp sea salt (or kosher salt), plus more for sprinkling≈ 6 g
1 lb chopped pecans, toasted454 g

flour 156 gbatter 2875 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.