RECIPE

© Lucy Schaeffer

Brownie Bites

• Recipe by Erin McKenna

These wheat-free, butterless brownies are decadent and dense. "It's really, really hard to make a good vegan brownie," says chef Erin McKenna. Her first efforts using applesauce and vegetable oil were cakey or fluffy. It took her six months of making small adjustments to perfect them.

• Healthy
• Make-Ahead
• Vegetarian

Ingredients

1. Vegetable oil spray
2. 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Bob's Red Mill gluten-free, all-purpose baking flour
3. 1/2 cup sugar
4. 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
5. 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
6. 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
7. 1/2 teaspoon salt
8. 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
9. 1/2 cup applesauce
10. 1/4 cup canola oil
11. 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
12. 1/2 cup dairy-free mini chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325°. Spray 2 mini muffin pans with vegetable oil spray. In a bowl, whisk the baking flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and xanthan gum. In another bowl, whisk the applesauce, oil and vanilla; stir into the dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the muffin pans, filling them three-quarters full. Bake for 15 minutes, or until set. Let the brownies cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

Notes

One Brownie 69 cal, 4 gm fat, 0.8 gm sat fat, 10 gm carb, 0.8 gm fiber.