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Super Fudgy Better Than the Box Brownies

cleobuttera.com · 2018 · 12

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More cocoa than 96% of recipes and more fat than 92%.

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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 96% of recipes: 105% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 6 times as much.
  • More fat than 92% of recipes: 260% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about twice as much.
  • More sugar than 92% of recipes: 417% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 224%.
  • More egg than 75% of recipes: 167% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 125%.
Chocolate: 213%, 71st percentileCocoa: 105%, 97th percentileFat: 260%, 93rd percentileSugar: 417%, 93rd percentileEgg: 167%, 77th percentileLeavening: 1.3%, 64th percentileSalt: 2.5%, 79th percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • ½ cup (60g) all-purpose flour*60 g
  • 1 tablespoon (7g) cornstarch*7 g
  • ⅛ teaspoon baking soda≈ 0.8 g
  • ¼ tsp. salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons (156 g) unsalted butter156 g
  • 1¼ cup (250g) granulated sugar250 g
  • ¾ cup (63g) unsweetened cocoa powder, I used Hershey's63 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 large eggs, cold≈ 100 g
  • ½ cup (85g) roughly chopped baking chocolate, milk or semisweet, I used Belgian milk chocolate coins85 g
  • ¼ cup (43g) chocolate chips, milk or semi-sweet, I used Hershey's semisweet43 g

flour 60 gbatter 771 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.

  • Chocolate213% · 71st percentile
  • Cocoa105% · 97th percentile
  • Fat260% · 93rd percentile
  • Sugar417% · 93rd percentile
  • Egg167% · 77th percentile
  • Leavening1.3% · 64th percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 79th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
25 to 28 minutes
median 30 minutes

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