Gluten-free Double Chocolate Brownies
My family loves double chocolate brownies on special occasions. My son and granddaughter are required to eat gluten-free. This recipe is so easy. The hard part is making sure you have all the ingredients. You can also add a frosting but my family likes them plain. I usually sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of the brownies before serving. My granddaughter loved the brownies so much she left some for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve!
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13X9X2-inch pan or two 8- or 9- inch square pans. Put butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at medium at 50% power 2 to 2 ½ minutes until melted. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating with spoon until well blended before adding the next egg. Add cocoa. Beat until well blended. Add gluten-free flour, baking powder and salt. Beat well. If adding nuts, stir them in. Pour batter in greased pans. Cool for at 1 hour or they will break up when you cut them.
*You can use regular all-purpose flour if you don’t need the recipe to be gluten free. Also, I put all the batter in a 9-inch square pan which made the brownies thicker because that’s the way my family likes them.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: 169 calories, 3 grams protein, 10 grams of fat, 18 grams of CHO, <1 grams dietary fiber, 56 mg sodium.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 35 minutes
Serves: 24 brownies
Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs ¾ cup Hershey’s Cocoa
1 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour*
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Shopping List
butter or margarine
sugar
vanilla
eggs
Hershey’s Cocoa
gluten-free all-purpose flour
baking powder
teaspoon salt
Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Chips
chopped nuts (optional)
By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. is a registered dietitian with a Master’s Degree in clinical nutrition. She is the Chief Blog Organizer for www.DayByDayLiving.net Barbara does fundraising and social media for Veterans Lodge (www.VeteransLodge.org) The former publisher of Kentuckiana HealthFitness Magazine, Kentuckiana Healthy Woman magazine and radio show host of Health News You Can Use, Barbara has over 30 years of experience in promoting healthy lifestyles to consumers. Barbara is a former runner who walks, a spinner, hiker a mother and grandmother to 13 grandchildren.
