brownies--a little short of the unsweetened chocolate
Everything's measured out for my favorite brownies: Joanne Chang's Intense Chocolate brownies use both bittersweet (70 grams) and unsweetened chocolates (155 grams). I'm about 30-35 grams short of the unsweetened. Could I add more of the bittersweet and take out some sugar (how much)? Or...I could go shopping.
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the simplest answer is to substitute a good quality 100% natural unsweetened cocoa powder for the unsweetened chocolate.
The substitution is found on the back of your good old supermarket Hershey's cocoa box.
3 level tablespoons + 1 tablespoon of shortening or oil (I use butter) = 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate.
I've also substituted bitter or semisweet chocolate ounce for ounce, but that requires adjusting the sugar, which can be problematic when baking.
Just be sure you are using unsweetened cocoa powder, and you'll be fine.