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I Can't Believe They're Low-fat Brownies
Recipe by:
Roberta Tripp
This was my attempt to make brownies lower in fat. I think you'll agree that they are just as gooey and indulgent as regular brownies. The puréed prunes keep them moist and dark in colour.
Ready in 40 mins
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Ingredients
Serves: 24
- 60g (2 oz) plain flour
- 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 200g (7 oz) caster sugar
- pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 115g (4 oz) pitted prunes, puréed
- 2 eggs
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Preparation method
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 30 mins1.
Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Grease a 20cm (8 in) square cake tin.
2.
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 tin.
3.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top is shiny and a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Note:
Make sure you use good-quality, unsweetened, 100% cocoa powder, such as Green & Black's.
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Last updated:
04 Apr 2013
Reviews & comments
Easy
Very nice - Shocked about the 24 servings though, I dont think you should really be allowed to put that.
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01 Nov 2009
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Used different ingredients.
Very very yummy! I added a few raspberries which turned out to go really nicely (beware of seeds though)! x
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01 Nov 2009
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It just didnt taste right with the Prunes. But there again i probably didn't puree them enough...
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09 Mar 2009
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Scrumptious!!! A fabulous substitution that is so easy to make! I followed other reviewers and did 1 extra tbsp. cocoa, only 150g sugar, only 1 heaping tbsp. of oil, 1 tsp. vanilla and nearly 1 tsp. salt. I threw in a small handful of chocolate chips. Next time,I'll bake for about 23 minutes, for a fudgier bite. You can dust w/ icing sugar when serving them for others- that is if you don't eat them all yourself!
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21 Jul 2008
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PIKUSHO
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These were really good. I am a chocoholic with an unforgiving scale. This is a great way to satisfy chocolate cravings. I ate half of the tin the night I made these. The only thing I did differently was I used 4 egg whites to cut down on fat and cholesterol. My boyfriend and I loved them!
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21 Jul 2008
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THEINSANECHEF
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I used apple sauce in place of the prunes and doubled the recipe. The result was a moist, chewy and slightly cakey brownie! I absolutely loved it and will certainly make it again and again!
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21 Jul 2008
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Brandy Lee
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The first time I made this recipe I used 7 TB cocoa powder, egg whites and apple sauce instead of prunes (all very good suggestions made by previous reviewers) The resulting brownies were good. The texture was a little rubbery, and you could definitely tell they were low fat. The next time I made them I thought I may as well make them with wholemeal flour and that fixed the texture and improved the nutrition all in one shot. I will coninue to use this great recipe (with the above mentioned suggestions) many many times.
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21 Jul 2008
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KissThisFem
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I didn't even notice until AFTER I made these that the calorie/fat info was for 24 servings...so if you take that into account, I don't really think these are that low fat! I put this recipe into a program that figures fat and calories etc. from ingredients and I cut them into 9 brownies and they were over 6 grams of fat per brownie! To me, the taste--while fine though "weird" according to my husband--was not worth that much fat to me. I would rather have a smaller REAL brownie than this one. It was fun making something new, though. can YOU cut that small of a tin into 24 brownies? That would be more like a bite to me than a serving.
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21 Jul 2008
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