Low Fat Whole Wheat Brownies Recipes

WHOLE WHEAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• Place chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
• Combine sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in the cooled melted chocolate until incorporated. Fold in flour and then stir in chocolate chips and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and spread evenly.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is dry and edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, 25 to 28 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into bars.

WHOLE-WHEAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking dish; line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides. In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, stir together sugar, applesauce, and egg. Place butter and 6 ounces chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pot of simmering water; stir until melted. Stir chocolate mixture into sugar mixture. Stir in flour mixture. Pour into pan and top with 2 ounces chocolate.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 40 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. Use parchment to lift cake from pan and cut into 16 squares.

CAN'T TELL THEY'RE LOW-FAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 inch square pan.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, sugar, and salt. Pour in oil, vanilla, prunes, and eggs. Mix until everything is well blended. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top is shiny and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

LOW FAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• Separately, mix well applesauce, oil, sugar, tofu, extracts, and cocoa powder in a blender or food processor.
• Pour mixture into the combined dry ingredients and mix well with a spatula.
• Lightly spray a 7x5 or 8x8 cake pan with a Canola oil cooking spray.
• Pour mixture into greased pan and cover with chopped nuts if desired.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

LOW-FAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat egg substitute for 1 minute or until frothy and slightly thickened. Stir in milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt; add to the egg mixture and mix well., Pour into a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

LOW-FAT WHOLE WHEAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 9x13 inch pan.
• Melt butter in microwave-safe bowl or in saucepan over low heat. Add sugar and stir to combine.
• Return mixture to heat briefly until it's hot and starting to bubble (this allows the sugar to dissolve, which will yield a shiny top crust).
• Stir in cocoa, baking powder, salt, espresso powder, and vanilla. Cool until you can test with finger and mixture feels like comfortably hot bath water.
• Mix in applesauce.
• Whisk in eggs, stir until smooth, then add the flour and chips, again stirring until smooth. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until sharp knife or cake tester poked in middle reveals wet crumbs but not raw batter, 30 minutes. The brownies should feel set on edges and in the center. Remove from oven and cool on rack, cover when cool. Let sit overnight before serving to allow the bran to soften.