Any Home Bakers Here?

[pnw_urban_chix]

Okay, they're in the oven. I preheated the ramukens, set the oven to 325°f instead of 350, weighed my eggs and mixed with a spoon this time. Turns out my quail eggs are a bit shrimpy and 2 eggs came out to 27 grams insteads of the 28-31 I was looking for. So I took the three smallest ones I had that came to 34 grams and removed 3 grams of egg white to equal 31 grams.

I actually just finished another batch that went perfectly. I got some advice to preheat my ramukens, weigh my eggs, bake at a lower temperature and stir with a spoon instead of beaters. They didn't sink at all and even have a bit of that shiny crust on top like boxed mix. I haven't gotten that shiny crust with homemade brownies before so I am quite pleased.

Those look good!

 

[kattabelly]

They didn't sink at all and even have a bit of that shiny crust on top like boxed mix. I haven't gotten that shiny crust with homemade brownies before so I am quite pleased.

Not sure what boxed mix brownies look like but lots of sugar will give a crisp, glossy crust.

 

[Shadow-Kitty]

Not sure what boxed mix brownies look like but lots of sugar will give a crisp, glossy crust.

Oo... Maybe I can try a little extra sugar to see if I can get some more of that glossy crust.

 

[kattabelly]

Oo... Maybe I can try a little extra sugar to see if I can get some more of that glossy crust.

I'd post my recipe but it's by weight rather than volume and also contains a lot of chocolate in addition to the cocoa powder, so probably not all that helpful.

I generally use a mix of white and light brown sugar though.

 

[Shadow-Kitty]

I'd post my recipe but it's by weight rather than volume and also contains a lot of chocolate in addition to the cocoa powder, so probably not all that helpful.

I generally use a mix of white and light brown sugar though.

I can bake using weights. My favorite matcha checkerboard cookies use grams rather than volumes. My kitchen scale doesn't work great with small measurements so I haven't made them in awhile. Most recipes I use measure by volume.