Healthy Gluten-Free Brownies
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Healthy Brownies?
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Yep, these brownies are made without oil, nuts or flour. You won’t believe the secret ingredient. Black beans!
They are quick to put together and you can make them just a little sweet or super sweet depending on your taste.
No nuts, no flour, no oil but plenty of delicious, yummy chocolate! Are you ready?
Note: I found the original recipe at https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/09/06/no-flour-black-bean-brownies/ then made a few changes.
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Ingredients
- 2 flax eggs – 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed mixed with 5 Tbsp warm water
- 1 1/2 cups black beans or a 15oz can – make sure you drain it well
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup oats (gluten-free recommended) – quick oats are best. If you use rolled oats run them through the food processor a bit first.
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup maple syrup (can increase to 1/2 cup if you like it sweeter) – I’ve also used dates soaked in hot water for 30 minutes for less sweet.
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup or more chocolate chips – I used Enjoy Life dark chocolate chips and it was amazing!
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Combine flaxseed and warm water. Mix well.
- If necessary put rolled oats in food processor and process. Don’t let it turn into flour.
- Add all ingredients except the chocolate chips to the food processor. Mix, stir and repeat until it’s really smooth.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the mixture into an 8×8 non-stick pan. If you don’t have a non-stick pan, put a big sheet of parchment paper that hangs out a bit above the edges into the pan. Then pour mixture on the parchment paper.
- Cook for about 15 – 18 minutes.
- Let cool if you can. Then cut into 9 brownies. Or cut into 12 brownies if you’re less generous.
- They stay better in the fridge. Well, if you don’t eat them all right away.
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