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Nigella · nigella.com · Makes: maximum of 48

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

No cocoa, unlike 62% of recipes and more salt than 80%.

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How it compares

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

  • No cocoa at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 20 to 59% of the flour weight).
  • More salt than 80% of recipes: 2.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about 2.5 times as much.
Chocolate: 167%, 56th percentileCocoa: 0%, 19th percentileFat: 167%, 64th percentileSugar: 222%, 49th percentileEgg: 133%, 55th percentileLeavening: 0%, 30th percentileSalt: 2.7%, 81st percentileChocolateCocoaFatSugarEggLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 375 grams soft unsalted butter375 g
  • 375 grams best-quality dark chocolate375 g
  • 6 large eggs≈ 300 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 500 grams caster sugar500 g
  • 225 grams plain flour225 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 300 grams chopped walnuts300 g

flour 225 gbatter 2094 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.

  • Chocolate167% · 56th percentile
  • Cocoa0% · 19th percentile
  • Fat167% · 64th percentile
  • Sugar222% · 49th percentile
  • Egg133% · 55th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 30th percentile
  • Salt2.7% · 81st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 minutes
median 30 minutes

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