Death by Chocolate Brownies

bakerbynature.com · 2024 · 9 x13-inch pan

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More chocolate than 89% of recipes and more fat than 93%.

How it compares

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

More chocolate than 89% of recipes: 349% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%, about 2.5 times as much.
More fat than 93% of recipes: 263% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about twice as much.
More cocoa than 91% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 4 times as much.
More sugar than 88% of recipes: 367% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 224%.

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

1 and 1/4 cups (150g) all-purpose flour150 g
1 and 1/4 cups (105g) dutch-processed cocoa powder105 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
2 teaspoons espresso powder (optional )≈ 4.8 g
3 sticks (340g) unsalted butter (cut into 1-inch cubes )340 g
10 ounces 72% bittersweet chocolate (finely chopped 1)284 g
1/4 cup (57ml) neutral oil (such as canola, vegetable, or refined coconut oil )≈ 55 g
2 and 3/4 cups (550g) granulated sugar550 g
5 large eggs≈ 250 g
3 large egg yolks≈ 54 g
2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
1 and 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or chocolate chunks≈ 240 g

flour 150 gbatter 2051 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.