Easy Brownie Recipe

by Head Health Nutter
(Livelighter.org)

I had a few bananas that were getting very ripe and I came across this easy brownie recipe. It is great for a "healthy" dessert. Well, to me, it is.

It is low in fat and high in dietary fibre, low in calories. I had everything on hand for it, as well. The original recipe asked for 1 cup of flour, which made the batter really watery, so we added another 1/2 cup and it turned out ok.

If you're looking for a brownie that's not too sweet and not too rich, moist, springy, and cakey brownie...then this is the recipe for ya!

*Makes approximately 16 servings


Easy Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2) Update: try thawed, frozen bananas for more moistness

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup sunflower oil

• 3/4 cup brown sugar

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt

• 1 scoop (1 oz) chocolate whey or soy protein powder

• 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1 and 1/2 cups rice flour

• 1/2 cup walnuts

• 1/2 cup semi-sweet dark chocolate chips

• A little butter


Preparation:

• Grease a 9×9 glass casserole dish or baking pan with butter. Set the oven at 350º F.

• In a large bowl, combine the mashed banana and egg; mix well. Add oil, sugar, vanilla and yogurt.

• In a small bowl, combine and mix protein powder, cocoa and baking powder.

Blend in dry mixture to the wet mixture.

• Gently stir in flour, walnuts and chocolate chips until just blended, don’t over mix.

• Pour batter in dish or pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan and cut into squares.

Note: I adjusted the directions here to account for my walnut and chocolate chip additions. I sprinkled them on top because of my last minute decision to tweak the recipe.


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Original Easy Brownie Recipe