What to Eat Wednesday: Low-Cal, Melt-In-Your-Mouth Brownies!

Serious question for you guys: who doesn't like brownies? I’m not even a dessert person, and my mouth will water at the first MENTION of brownies. So when I discovered this low-calorie, decently high protein method of brownie-making… Well, let’s just say that your tastebuds will thank me later.

Per serving (1 41g brownie): 138 Calories • 10.2g Carbs (2.3g Fiber, 4.7g sugar) • 9.8g Fat • 5.1g Protein

Ingredients

Ingredients scaled to: 16 Brownies

  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp flour (almond flour, white, spelt, sorghum, oat, and Bob’s gf all work here)

  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp cocoa powder

  • 2/3 cup sugar or xylitol

  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

  • 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce

  • 1 cup peanut butter (or any nut butter you love!)

  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F and grease an 8×8 pan. Set aside. 

  2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the first 3 ingredients until smooth.

  3. Add all remaining ingredients, and stir. Only if it’s too dry after stirring to resemble a thick brownie batter, very slowly add a little milk of choice (or water) until the desired texture is reached

  4. Smooth evenly into the prepared pan, then press in some extra chocolate chips (if you so desire… which I do!!).

  5. Bake 20 minutes, then remove from the oven. It will look a little undercooked, so do not touch the pan for at least 15 minutes. After this time, it will have firmed up and you can cut without crumbling. Refrigerate in order to preserve freshness!

  6. Enjoy!


Hope Becker