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Cocoa Brownies

CookingwithRia · cookingwithria.com · 2012 · 12

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More cocoa than 88% of recipes and more sugar than 84%.

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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 88% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 4 times as much.
  • More sugar than 84% of recipes: 336% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 224%.
  • Less chocolate than 78% of recipes: 64% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%, about half as much.
  • No salt at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
Chocolate: 64%, 22nd percentileCocoa: 69%, 89th percentileFat: 182%, 74th percentileSugar: 336%, 85th percentileEgg: 160%, 71st percentileLeavening: 0%, 30th percentileSalt: 0%, 16th percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1/2 cup butter (8 tablespoons, 1 stick (preferably organic sweet cream or other good quality butter))≈ 114 g
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour≈ 63 g
  • 1/2 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder** (chocaholics please use 3/4 cup)≈ 43 g
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
  • 1/4 cup chopped chocolate and pecans or walnuts (optional)≈ 40 g
  • salt (pinch)n/a

flour 63 gbatter 573 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.

  • Chocolate64% · 22nd percentile
  • Cocoa69% · 89th percentile
  • Fat182% · 74th percentile
  • Sugar336% · 85th percentile
  • Egg160% · 71st percentile
  • Leavening0% · 30th percentile
  • Salt0% · 16th percentile

Oven

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

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