Rocky Road Brownies

sugarspunrun.com · 2019 · 24 servings

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

No chocolate, unlike 83% of recipes and less egg than 85%.

How it compares

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

No chocolate at all, where 83% of recipes use some (most of those 111 to 250% of the flour weight).
Less egg than 85% of recipes: 64% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 125%, about half as much.
More salt than 81% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about 2.5 times as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

12 Tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)≈ 170 g
¾ cup natural cocoa powder≈ 65 g
1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
½ cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
2 large eggs + 1 large egg yolk (lightly beaten, room temperature preferred.)≈ 100 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 5ml≈ 4.2 g
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour≈ 156 g
1 teaspoon cornstarch≈ 2.7 g
¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

2 cups chocolate chips ((I used a mix of milk and semisweet chocolate chips, you can use your favorite chocolate chips))≈ 340 g
¾ cup heavy cream≈ 179 g
2 Tablespoons corn syrup¹≈ 41 g
⅛ teaspoon salt≈ 0.8 g
2 cups mini marshmallows≈ 474 g
¾ cup coarsely chopped almonds ( (or preferred nuts))≈ 90 g
fine sea salt (optional)n/a

flour 156 gbatter 813 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 1221 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: chocolate, cocoa, fat, sugar, egg, leavening, salt.