Recipe

"Skinny" Brownies

"Skinny" Brownies

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate & Spice
    This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate & Spice
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    Lizthechef's Notes: When a friend pushed a version of this recipe on me, I was less than enthused. Neither a baker or a chocoholic, it took a recent blog hop featuring chocolate for me to try it. My recipe is...

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Makes 12 brownies

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

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  2. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish with the oil.

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  3. Using a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom and ginger. Set aside.

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  4. Using a large bowl, whisk together the egg, egg white, liqueur, orange zest, orange juice and vanilla.

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  5. Add the sugar, melted butter, cocoa and coffee granules. Mix well.

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  6. Stir in the flour mixture and the walnuts. Mix only until blended

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  7. Pour into greased baking dish and bake for 18 minutes. Cool before cutting into squares.

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8 Comments on "Skinny" Brownies

Mrs Reply

I could eat the whole pan of these, Liz. Well done!

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

Thanks, Liz - that is exactly what we did ;)

Wedding_pictures_162 Reply

Spicy brownies. Yum.

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

I apologize for the duplicate publish. And also for omitting the sugar in my original post. Can this old dog learn new tricks? Sigh.

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

Thanks, Mary - they are under 150 calories, I believe.

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These sound terrific. I do love your style!

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

Hey, thanks - you made my day, especially after I accidentally double published...

186003_1004761561_1198459_n Reply

Oh. How I do love chocolate and walnuts together and this delivers and is low calorie too!!

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