{"id":910,"date":"2023-05-02T17:15:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T21:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp23\/?p=910"},"modified":"2023-05-02T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T21:23:27","slug":"science-of-adapted-brownie-recipe-fudgier-brownie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp23\/2023\/05\/02\/science-of-adapted-brownie-recipe-fudgier-brownie\/","title":{"rendered":"Science of Adapted Brownie Recipe &#8211; Fudgier Brownie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In this version of the recipe, we adapted the original recipe to give the brownies a fudgier texture. To do so, we added a bit more oil and used a little less flour in the batter. Within a recipe, the oil adds moisture and richness to brownies, making them denser. Since oil is an unsaturated fat, and fats are structure weakening in baked goods, a recipe with more fats will not be able to hold the air pockets. This resulted in a dessert that contains less structure and fewer air pockets. Our finished product was a dense, fudgey, and gooey brownie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In addition, we added more sugar. This additional sugar dissolved the water, leaving the oil as the main liquid to create a denser texture. Sugar is also another structure-weakening ingredient, so adding more once again limited the brownie\u2019s ability to hold air pockets and maintain a structure like a cake-like brownie can. Another reason we have for adding more sugar is that it added some sweetness and masked some of the taste of the oil since we added more oil to this recipe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp23\/recipes\/science-of-brownies\/\">here<\/a> for the original recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp23\/2023\/05\/02\/science-of-adapted-brownie-recipe-cakier-brownie\/\">here<\/a> to see the alterations needed to make a cakier brownie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bibliography:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albrecht, J. A., &amp; Lauterbacht, S. (1994). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Functions of Baking Ingredients<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Digital Commons at the University of Nebraska &#8211; Lincoln. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&amp;context=extensionhist\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&amp;context=extensionhist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lee, J. T., &amp; Patel, A. (2020, October). Half the Sugar, All the Fun. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Better Nutrition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">82<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(10), 46.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=146132469&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=146132469&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Citation:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dong, Amy. \u201cFudgy Brownies.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chew Out Loud<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 16 Jan. 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chewoutloud.com\/triple-chewy-fudgy-brownies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.chewoutloud.com\/triple-chewy-fudgy-brownies\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In this version of the recipe, we adapted the original recipe to give the brownies a fudgier texture. To do so, we added a bit more oil and used a little less flour in the batter. Within a recipe, the oil adds moisture and richness to brownies, making them denser. 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