On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 9:18:17 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-12-05 5:55 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:37:42 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
>
> > I'm not much of a baker, but it seems unlikely to me that very many
> > things that require baking powder all require the same amount.
> > Brownies don't need much, for example.
> >
>
>
> Brownies don't require any baking powder. At least the recipe from Joy
> of Cooking that I used yesterday didn't. It just called for whipping
> eggs until they turn light yellow, keep whipping while adding sugar and
> vanilla, then fold it into the butter and chocolate mixture and then
> fold in the flour. No leavening at all.

Some brownie recipes call for it. I'm pretty sure the one my husband
uses does. It's the Baker's chocolate "one-bowl" brownie recipe and
no whipping of eggs is required.

Cindy Hamilton