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Better than a Boyfriend Brownies

Melissa Stadler, Modern Honey · modernhoney.com · 2016 · 20

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More sugar than 85% of recipes and more cocoa than 76%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 85% of recipes: 341% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 224%.
  • More cocoa than 76% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 2.5 times as much.
Chocolate: 132%, 43rd percentileCocoa: 47%, 77th percentileFat: 125%, 44th percentileSugar: 341%, 86th percentileEgg: 110%, 39th percentileLeavening: 0%, 30th percentileSalt: 1.6%, 58th percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1 cup Butter (softened)≈ 227 g
  • 2 cups Sugar≈ 400 g
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar≈ 220 g
  • 4 Eggs≈ 200 g
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla≈ 13 g
  • 1 cup Flour≈ 125 g
  • 1/2 cup Cake Flour≈ 57 g
  • 1 cup Cocoa Powder≈ 86 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 1/2 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks or Chips≈ 240 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • *Optional: add 8-ounce jar Dulce de Leche. Carefully heat in the microwave. Swirl in 4 ounces into the batter. Bake. Top brownies with remaining Dulce de Leche.227 g

flour 182 gbatter 1571 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.

  • Chocolate132% · 43rd percentile
  • Cocoa47% · 77th percentile
  • Fat125% · 44th percentile
  • Sugar341% · 86th percentile
  • Egg110% · 39th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 30th percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 58th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
28 to 36 minutes
median 30 minutes

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