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Flour-less Brownies


I am for all things chocolatey. I was so lucky to be introduced to this recipe by my sister and I had to make it right away. A gluten free, dairy free, and chocolate-full brownie...the best kind! And you will never guess what the secret ingredient is...Beans!! I promise you, you will not taste it in the least. All you will taste is the decadence of the chocolate.


I took the liberty of changing the way this recipe is put together. Instead of using a a food processor, which the recipe calls for, I used a blender, which for me works just as well. Add all of the wet ingredients into the blender; beans, eggs, balsamic vinegar, almond milk, and oil, and blend until you do not see any chunks.

Next is the tricky part; adding the dry ingredients. You can add all of the dry ingredients into the blender. If you have a really good blender it will power through the thickness of the batter...maybe that's why the recipe called for a food processor..uh oh. But it worked out fine for me. 

Since I am very absent minded I completely forgot to add the sugar, it's not a brownie without the sugar. I decided to use brown sugar since it was all I had on hand. Next is pouring out all of the batter onto parchment paper which is a little hard if you are using a blender like me. But I believe in no batter left behind, and if there is any it makes for a really good pre-backed brownie snack.


Now sit down and relax for the next 30 minutes and let the sweet sweet brownie smell fill your house. Can you smell it? yummm.



Once it is all backed through you can now enjoy the best guilt free snack ever. I am in gluten free, dairy free, brownie heaven. Join me won't you (ok that sounded creepy).

Side note: I have made this recipe once before with the white sugar and it tastes just as good as using brown sugar. My tweak then was to blend the chocolate chips in the batter as well as whisk the chocolate chips into the batter and sprinkle some more on top. I know, I know, I'm a chocoholic. Try it and let me know what you think!

Ingredients:
  • 1 (14 oz) canned low-sodium black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk (or dairy, skim)
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of freshly ground coffee or instant coffee
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, divided (Hershey's)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350° F.  Grease a nonstick 9 x 9-inch square baking pan with baking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides.

Blend the black beans, eggs, cocoa powder, sugar, oil, almond milk, balsamic, baking soda, baking powder and coffee in the blender until smooth and pour into a bowl. Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips until combined.  Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan.  Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips evenly over the top of the brownies. 

Bake the brownies until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 to 32 minutes.  Allow the brownies to cool completely before slicing them into squares.

Check out the full recipe and more healthy ideas from skinnytaste.com:

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2014/02/amazing-flour-less-brownies.html

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