Hello Friends! Okay, so I know that I have been a little heavy on the recipes these days here on Walnut Street! I promise that next week we are going to get back to some more DIY projects but I do have one more that I want to share with you today!
If you know me at all then you know that I have a pretty big sweet tooth, so the fact that as of tomorrow I will have gone a whole month without sugar is pretty amazing! BUT - this morning I had such a craving that I was determined to come up with an easy recipe that wouldn't undo all my hard work! This is what I came up with:
Chocolate Chunk Coffee Brownies
(and man are they good, even hubbs gave them the thumbs up!)
Two whole eggs plus 2 egg whites
1 cup of splenda
4 oz of unsweetened apple sauce
1 c of cocoa powder
1 c of whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of STRONG brewed coffee (I used decaf since some were going to be eaten by kiddo's)
1 cup of carob chips (find online or at your local healthfood store)
In a mixer, cream eggs and splenda. Add apple sauce, and vanilla.
Slowly add sifted dry ingredients.
Add hot coffee at the end (if you have any dry ingredients that didn't incorporate well the hot coffee helps dissolve everything.
Stir in carob chips.
Bake in standard, greased, square brownie pan at 300 for 55 minutes
Let cool briefly before serving.
* Notes - egg yolks are where all the fat is in an egg but too many egg whites are "drying" - between the coffee and the applesauce these brownies stay nice and moist, minus all the fat!
* For adults only use regular coffee if you like.
*Don't know what in the world I mean by carob chips...GO HERE for more information!
Best part of these yummy brownies is that they only have 190 calories and 3.5 grams of fat!
(Based on a square brownie pan divided into 9 brownies)
Hope that you all will give these a try! Even better...why not make them and not tell anyone how healthy they are just let them tell you how great they taste and then spring it on them!
Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your weekend!
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I love that you posted a healthy brownie!
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Thanks for the healthy alternative :) the brownies look yummy!
ReplyDeleteSeriously YUM! I love that you can have the chocolate and eat it too! :) Thank you for sharing at The "Sunday Stop"!
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O.M.G! These sound delicious! I will have to hunt down some of these ingredients and give them a whirl!
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These sound great. I am going to have to make them soon. Decadence at a small caloric price. I love it. I found you through It's So Very Cheri's linky party. I am going to add you to my favorites.
ReplyDeleteYou changed your blog header again... super cute! And those brownies... oh yum!
ReplyDeleteloving your new look -- just saw your new timeline pop up on FB and had to check it out!! and now, i need to make THESE brownies versus the box kind that i adore so much!! :)
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ReplyDeleteYay for you...no sugar for a month...you go girl!!!
This looks like a great recipe. However, I can't have splenda (it gives me heart palpitations!!!), so I would use stevia. And I'm gluten-free, so no wheat flour - I'd use one of my g-free flour mixes. I love the use of carob chips and adding coffee! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome recipe!
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You had me at chocolate! Sounds delish!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this healthy alternative. Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteSarah... is a healthy brownie like an oxymoron? lol! YUMMY!! Thanks for sharing! and...
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These look so delicious! I'm so glad you shared them at my Say G'day Saturday linky party.
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YUM! Thanks for linking up on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll be back again this week with some more of you great ideas.
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Reading the title of your recipe just got better and better! Healthy: that's always a plus. Chocolate Chunk: who can resist that?! Coffee: the thing I love most in this world (thing, of course I love my hubby & daughter more...most days). Brownie: yes please!
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Love brownies...love healthy....Perfect. This is being featured at My Meatless Mondays.
ReplyDeleteyummy, I know one word, but true, yummy! Thank you for your bloggy friendship and for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop xo
ReplyDeleteSarah, these look FABULOUS!! Do you have any left for me?
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I'm definitely saving this for my next sweet fix. Thanks for sharing it on BeColorful this week.
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My sweet tooth is begging for a brownie right now! These sound great!
ReplyDeleteCoffee and chocolate - bonus! Thanks for sharing at Pin It Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate this type of post and I am anxious to give these a try. So much so that I featured you this week on Motivated Monday at BeColorful.
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I just found your healthy brownie recipe. I am having a recipe swap on my blog feel free to come link this up or any holiday sweet recipes @ DearCreatives.com I had a nice visit catching up here today!& looking at older posts too.
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