Diabetic Dish of the Week - Double Chocolate Brownies

For this week's Diabetic Dish of the Week it's Double Chocolate Brownies. This one will please the sweet tooth, it's 105 calories and 10 carbs per serving. The recipe uses Applesauce which replaces part of the fat. You can find this recipe along with a great selection of healthy and delicious recipe on the Cooksrecipes website.      http://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html


Double Chocolate Brownies

Double Chocolate BrowniesApplesauce replaces part of the fat, sweetener all of the sugar, plus you get double the chocolate flavor with both cocoa and chocolate chips—so who can resist these delicious brownies?

Recipe Ingredients:

6 tablespoons stick butter, softened

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup Equal® Spoonful*
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Cooking Directions:

1 - Beat butter, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla until blended. Stir in combined flour, Equal®, chocolate chips, cocoa, baking powder and salt until blended.
2 - Spread batter in sprayed 8-inch square baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350° F oven 18 to 20 minutes or until top springs back when gently touched. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into squares.
3 - Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Makes 16 brownies.

*May substitute 24 packets Equal sweetener.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/16 of recipe; 1 brownie): calories 105; protein 2 g; carbohydrate 10 g; fat 7 g; cholesterol 38 mg; sodium 77 mg.

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