Homemade Chocolate Brownies
tastesbetterfromscratch.com · 2026 · 15
Against 1,221 brownie recipes
No chocolate, unlike 83% of recipes.
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).
- No leavening, like 59% of recipes.
Ingredients (13)
- 1 cup oil* (canola, avocado or vegetable oil)≈ 218 g
- 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
- 6 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 32 g
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/2 cup butter (, room temperature)≈ 114 g
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 43 g
- pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar≈ 300 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 5-6 Tablespoons milk ((or half and half, or cream))≈ 84 g
flour 188 gbatter 1055 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.
- Chocolate0% · 8th percentile · median 150%
- Cocoa17% · 49th percentile · median 18%
- Fat116% · 38th percentile · median 136%
- Sugar213% · 46th percentile · median 224%
- Egg107% · 37th percentile · median 125%
- Leavening0% · 30th percentile · median 0%
- Salt2.1% · 69th percentile · median 1.2%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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