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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

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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