Healthy Fudgy Brownies

J-Lynn's Note:

With wheat germ and oatmeal, I wasn't sure how good these would be... but they are one of the best chocolatey brownie recipes I've tasted outside of a box mix!! I got the recipe off allhomemadecookies.com and wanted to save it here.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips or 6 ounces carob chips
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ¾ cup quick oats
• 1⁄3; cup unsweetened toasted wheat germ
• 1⁄3; cup non-fat powdered milk
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 4 large egg whites or 2 large eggs
• 1⁄3; cup raw sugar or 1⁄3; cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate chips and butter in the microwave about 45 seconds; stirring occasionally until completely melted; set aside.
2. Combine the dry ingredients, except for sugar, in a bowl.
3. In another large bowl, beat egg whites with sugar and vanilla until slightly thick.
4. Stir in chocolate mixture and then the dry ingredients.
5. Spread into an 8-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
6. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes; until edges are firm and top is crisp.
7. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Reviews

[Chamomille]

Not bad. Reading other reviews I thought it might need a bit more liquid. I tried using regular milk and grinding the oats and wheat germ hoping it would bind better and it wasn't super crumbly. But I think I will try tweaking it some more next time. The flavour was pretty good for healthy.

[Chef #451167]

Yay for 1.8g fiber per brownie! Mine were not crumbly, but I upped the butter to 2T. I will only bake them 23-25 min. next time so they don't dry out (I baked them about 26 min. this time), but the flavor is good and you don't taste the wheat germ. I even substituted splenda and they turned out OK.

[ladypit]

Yummy brownies. I made these exactly as written, eyeballing the amount of chocolate chips needed. VERY crumbly though, and sort of difficult to eat. Would be the good basis for a brownie sundae with low fat/low sugar vanilla ice cream (since then you wouldn't care if they crumbled since it would be in a bowl!).