Vegan Brownies

wellplated.com · 2023 · 16 brownies

Against 1,221 brownie recipes

More cocoa than 92% of recipes and no egg, unlike 93%.

How it compares

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

More cocoa than 92% of recipes: 77% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 18%, about 4.5 times as much.
No egg at all, where 93% of recipes use some (most of those 100 to 167% of the flour weight).
Less fat than 83% of recipes: 74% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 136%, about half as much.
More leavening than 80% of recipes: 3.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.

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

1/3 cup white whole wheat flour (whole wheat pastry flour or all-purpose flour)≈ 43 g
1/4 cup all-purpose flour≈ 31 g
3/4 cup granulated sugar≈ 150 g
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 57 g
1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce≈ 85 g
1/3 cup brewed, cooled coffee (for the most chocolaty flavor; or swap almond milk or milk of choice)≈ 79 g
1/4 cup canola oil (or melted, cooled coconut oil)≈ 55 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips (dairy free if needed)≈ 128 g

flour 74 gbatter 635 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.