My husband is trying veganism so what better way to celebrate than to bake vegan brownies.В I searched the internet yesterday and decided to make the recipe for Scrum-Diddly-Umptious Vegan Brownies onВ Food.com.В What I liked about the recipe was that it didn’t require out of the ordinary things like garbanzo flour.В I have some vegan cookbooks at home but I will have to get the pantry stocked with uber healthy things like that before I can try those recipes.В
It was 7 pm last night and I told my husband I was going to bakeВ brownies.В He said, «Isn’t it kind of late?»В Silly question.В В IT’S NEVER TOO LATE (OR TOO EARLY) TO BAKE BROWNIES!В IВ really thing baking is fun and I’ve been baking brownies since I was a kid.В Granted, I started wth box mixes but even from scratch they are super easy, quick andВ forgiving.
What I liked about the brownies: they were moist, had a nice surprise of chocolate in bursts when you bit into a chocolate chip.В They were chewy in a kind of wh*lesome way.В They were sweeet enough.В The nuts added good flavor and texture.В They had a nice deep, brown color.
What I didn’t like so much: I have to sayВ that apple sauce in a brownie kind of ruins it but I guess you need that if you don’t use eggs.В My little sister always used to substitute apple sauce for oilВ with the brownie mix.В It does cut down on fat and of course it’s healthy!В I didn’t have any wh*le wheat flour so I used white.В I think I would have liked it better (andВ they would have been healthier) had I used wh*le wheat.В I didn’t have raw sugar so I used brown sugar.В I don’t know that I like brown sugar in a brownie.В Its’s all aboutВ chocolate when it comes to browniesВ and I feel like brown sugar makes it taste too mola*ses-like.В I’m a big fan ofВ the brown sugar taste in oatmeal or chocolate chip cookies.В The recipe called for optional cinnamon which I left out.В Again, it’s all about the chocolate.
What I’d do next time: I think I might add a tiny bit of oil or earth balance to make it a little richer.В There was no oil in the recipe.В В I will definitely use wh*le wheat flour,В add aВ little extra vanilla, and use raw not brown sugar.В The recipe called for only 1/2 cup which is good.В I might even lower it to 1/3 or 1/4 cup.В В
As the maxim goes, you don’t always get what you want, but you get what you need.В The good thing about healthy/healthier baked goods is that they might not taste as outstanding as unhealthy baked goods but that’s a good thing when you are a baked goodsВ addict like me.В I have been known to eat an entire pan of brownies in one sitting.В I had two small browniesВ last night (which is still tooВ mmuch!).В I sat there eating themВ thinking «It tastes kind of weird, I don’t like it that much.В » And I still had two!Good grief.
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