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The Best Fudgy Brownies
Joanne Gallagher · inspiredtaste.net · Original Recipe
Say hello to our favorite homemade brownie recipe! If you reach for darker chocolate over milk chocolate, these bittersweet brownies are for you. For slightly sweeter, thicker brownies, see our one bo
3
chewiness
4
crispiness
2
cakeyness
3
thickness
4
spread
3
richness
3
sweetness
3
complexity
crispyvery chocolatey
Ingredients
unsalted butter(142g)10 tbsp (142g)
granulated sugar(250g)1.25 cup (250g)
unsweetened cocoa powder(75g, spooned and leveled)0.75 cup (65g)
vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)
fine sea salt0.25 tsp (1g)
cold eggs2 each (100g)
all-purpose flour(65g, spooned and leveled)0.5 cup (63g)
chopped walnuts(80g, pecans, or chocolate chips, optional)0.667 cup (93g)
Total dough weight717g
Process
- Mixing
- creaming
- Butter
- melted
- Eggs
- whole
- Bake Temp
- 325°F (163°C)
- Bake Time
- 30-32 min
- Chill
- 30 min
- Yield
- ~16 cookies
- Sheet Prep
- parchment
Recipe Radar
How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.
Outlier Profile
Uniqueness score: 6.5. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.
Percentile Rankings
Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.
Flour:Fat0.44 (5th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.25 (0th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)
Egg:Flour1.60 (99th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour1.03 (66th percentile)
Fat %19.8 (82th percentile)
Sugar %34.9 (98th percentile)
Hydration1.60 (99th percentile)
Bake Temp325 (5th percentile)
Key Ratios
Flour:Fat
0.44
Flour:Sugar
0.25
Brown:White Sugar
0
Egg:Flour
1.60
Chocolate:Flour
1.03
Fat %
19.8
Sugar %
34.9
Flour %
8.71
Hydration
1.60