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Easy microwave brownies

Elaine Lemm - former chef, food writer and reviews expert · bbcgoodfood.com · 2022 · 8

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More cocoa than 98% of recipes and more fat than 96%.

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How it compares

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

  • More cocoa than 98% of recipes: 150% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 8.5 times as much.
  • More fat than 96% of recipes: 300% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about twice as much.
  • No salt at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
  • More egg than 79% of recipes: 176% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 125%.
Chocolate: 160%, 54th percentileCocoa: 150%, 99th percentileFat: 300%, 96th percentileSugar: 300%, 73rd percentileEgg: 176%, 79th percentileLeavening: 0%, 30th percentileSalt: 0%, 16th percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 150g salted butter150 g
  • 150g caster sugar150 g
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 tbsp milk≈ 31 g
  • 2 medium eggs beaten≈ 88 g
  • 50g plain flour50 g
  • 75g unsweetened cocoa powder75 g
  • 80g milk chocolate chips80 g

flour 50 gbatter 628 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.

  • Chocolate160% · 54th percentile
  • Cocoa150% · 99th percentile
  • Fat300% · 96th percentile
  • Sugar300% · 73rd percentile
  • Egg176% · 79th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 30th percentile
  • Salt0% · 16th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
5 minutes
median 30 minutes

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