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Gemma's Better-Than-Boxed Brownies Recipe

biggerbolderbaking.com · 2021 · 9 people

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More chocolate than 96% of recipes and more fat than 97%.

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How it compares

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

  • More chocolate than 96% of recipes: 479% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%, about 3 times as much.
  • More fat than 97% of recipes: 317% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More cocoa than 93% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 4.5 times as much.
  • More sugar than 94% of recipes: 437% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 224%, about twice as much.
Chocolate: 479%, 97th percentileCocoa: 80%, 93rd percentileFat: 317%, 97th percentileSugar: 437%, 94th percentileEgg: 282%, 96th percentileLeavening: 0%, 30th percentileSalt: 4.2%, 93rd percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 2 sticks (8oz/225g) butter225 g
  • 2 cups (12floz/340g) chopped bittersweet chocolate ((divided))340 g
  • 1 cup (8oz/225g) granulated sugar225 g
  • ½ cup (3 oz/85g) dark brown sugar85 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 4 large room temperature eggs ((beaten))≈ 200 g
  • ½ cup (2 ½oz/71g) all-purpose flour71 g
  • ½ cup (2 oz/57g) unsweetened cocoa powder57 g

flour 71 gbatter 1219 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.

  • Chocolate479% · 97th percentile
  • Cocoa80% · 93rd percentile
  • Fat317% · 97th percentile
  • Sugar437% · 94th percentile
  • Egg282% · 96th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 30th percentile
  • Salt4.2% · 93rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 to 35 minutes
median 30 minutes

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