Lemon Brownie Recipe
thefirstyearblog.com · 2025 · 12 brownies
Against 1,221 brownie recipes
No chocolate, unlike 83% of recipes and no cocoa, unlike 62%.
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 cocoa at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 20 to 59% of the flour weight).
- More salt than 78% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (11)
- 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour120 g
- 1 tsp cornstarch≈ 2.7 g
- ½ tsp salt≈ 3 g
- ¼ tsp baking powder≈ 1.2 g
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter (room temperature)113 g
- 1 ¼ cups (248g) granulated sugar248 g
- 2 Tbsp lemon zest≈ 12 g
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice≈ 30 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 1 large egg yolk≈ 18 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup (113g) powdered sugar113 g
flour 120 gbatter 648 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%
- Cocoa0% · 19th percentile · median 18%
- Fat94% · 29th percentile · median 136%
- Sugar207% · 43rd percentile · median 224%
- Egg98% · 27th percentile · median 125%
- Leavening1% · 62nd percentile · median 0%
- Salt2.5% · 79th percentile · median 1.2%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 40 minutes
- median 30 minutes
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