Michael's Fudge Brownies (Low Fat)

Submitted by Redsie

"From "Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts"."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened dutch process cocoa, plus
• 1⁄2 tablespoon unsweetened dutch process cocoa
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 tablespoons butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder, dissolved in
• 1 teaspoon hot water

directions

1. Position the rack in lower third of the oven and preheat to 350°F Spray the pan with vegetable oil spray.
2. Stir together flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder with a whisk.
3. Melt butter in medium saucepan. Off the heat, stir in the sugar until combined (texture will remain sandy). Add the egg, egg whites, vanilla, and dissolved espresso powder. Beat with a wooden spoon about 40 strokes, scraped side of pan as necessary.
4. Add the dry ingredients and beat for another 40 strokes, or until completely mixed. Scrape mixture into prepared pan. Spread evenly.
5. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out a little gooey. Cool on a rack. Cut into 16 squares.

Reviews

[Mgnbos]

Wonderful dense fudgie brownies! We will definately make these again - I had a concern about the coffee taste after reading the reviews however my non-coffee drinking husband didn't notice any coffee flavor and ate two in no time. I baked my brownies in an 8x8 pan for 22 minutes.

 

[Kasha]

I made this beaciue of the nice picture. Not bad at all for a low fat brownie, and I even lowfatted it a bit more. I didn't have as much better as I thought, so I used about 3 T butter and 3 T applesauce. I also used a/2 cup sugar and the rest splenda. I can't stand coffee so added extra vanilla. Very nice consistency, don't overbake them though.

 

[flower7]

Mmmm not too shabby for a low fat brownie! LOL Directions didn't say but I used an 8x8 pan. The coffee flavor comes through very strong so if you're not a fan of that flavor I wouldn't recommend this recipe. Even though I'm _not_ a coffee drinker, I do love chocolate & coffee desserts, so I loved these! Thanks for the recipe Redsie - I will be making these again!