RE: Not So Guilty Brownies

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

On this recipe, I imagine you could easily replace the sugar with

Splenda; the eggs with egg whites or egg beaters; and, the oil with a

suggested substitute for it, such as applesauce or prune puree.

Here's a question on the powdered sugar: has anyone placed granulated

sugar in a food processor and processed it into a powder? Seems that it

should work. I know we processed whole almonds into almond flour that way.

Thanks,

Walt

Not So Guilty Brownies

Not So Guilty Brownies

Prep Time: 25 Minutes - Cost: $

Servings: 24 - Difficulty Level: 3

Ingredients

Brownies:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup oil

2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

2 eggs

Frosting:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 T unsweetened cocoa

1 T skim or 2% milk

1/2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

1/8 tsp butter flavor

Directions

Heat oven to 350 ° F. Grease bottom only of 8-inch square pan. Combine all

brownie ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Spread in greased pan.

Bake at 350 ° F. for 13-18 minutes, or until top is dry and springs back

when touched lightly in center. Cool for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl & mix well.

Spread over top of slightly cooled brownies. Cool completely.

Calories: 80

Sodium: 50 mg

Cholesterol: 18 mg

Fat: 3 g

Carbohydrates: 13 g

Exchanges: 1/2 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat

[Guest guest]

I fear these have far too many carbohydrates for anyone who must watch

those, but there is a pretty decent alternative.

The Atkins folks used to have baking mixes that were horrid, unfit for man

nor beast, but they have reformulated all of them, and the fudge brownies

are very good. They have only about 2 grams of carbohydrate each and cook

up like regular brownies. They are a bit costy, but for once, a low carb

food is actually worth eating. The blueberry muffins are pretty good, too,

but a bit fluffy.

Dan

[Guest guest]

Walter, why would you replace the oil? Applesauce or prune puree is loaded

with carbohydrates, oil is just an unsaturated fat, not a problem at all.

Dan

[Guest guest]

Hi Dan,

I do about half of the cooking in our family. And, I have a collection of

several hundreds of recipes, most of which I have copied by hand. Some

recipes are in my collection because of their novelty (such as a lemon

pudding recipe from World War II which takes into account the rationing at

that time and a colonial American recipe for stubble goose) and some recipes

because of their utility. I also collect substitutions for use when I'm

missing an ingredient called for by a recipe. I sometimes run out of an

ingredient because my wife shops for groceries only on weekends and,

sometimes, either she doesn't have time to go shopping or I may not look

ahead far enough to add an ingredient on my grocery list.

I just wrote that substitution because I was mentioning others and I got

carried away - maybe, just showing off!

I could also have mentioned that you could probably eliminate the salt

from that recipe. I haven't used salt in my cooking or eating for many years

now.

Thanks,

Walt

RE: Not So Guilty Brownies

Walter, why would you replace the oil? Applesauce or prune puree is loaded

with carbohydrates, oil is just an unsaturated fat, not a problem at all.

Dan

[Guest guest]

Yes, years ago, when i used to bake a lot, I ran out of powdered sugar and

put granulated sugar into the blender. It worked! It took a long time, but

it worked. With the newer food processors, it might not take as long.

Not So Guilty Brownies

Not So Guilty Brownies

Prep Time: 25 Minutes - Cost: $

Servings: 24 - Difficulty Level: 3

Ingredients

Brownies:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup oil

2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

2 eggs

Frosting:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 T unsweetened cocoa

1 T skim or 2% milk

1/2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

1/8 tsp butter flavor

Directions

Heat oven to 350 ° F. Grease bottom only of 8-inch square pan. Combine all

brownie ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Spread in greased pan.

Bake at 350 ° F. for 13-18 minutes, or until top is dry and springs back

when touched lightly in center. Cool for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl & mix well.

Spread over top of slightly cooled brownies. Cool completely.

Calories: 80

Sodium: 50 mg

Cholesterol: 18 mg

Fat: 3 g

Carbohydrates: 13 g

Exchanges: 1/2 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks; I'd guess, then, you could powder Splenda for those doughnuts.

I have several food processors. One is small, holding about a cup. I use

it for mincing garlic. It should work fine for powdering Splenda.

Walt

Not So Guilty Brownies

Not So Guilty Brownies

Prep Time: 25 Minutes - Cost: $

Servings: 24 - Difficulty Level: 3

Ingredients

Brownies:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup oil

2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

2 eggs

Frosting:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 T unsweetened cocoa

1 T skim or 2% milk

1/2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

1/8 tsp butter flavor

Directions

Heat oven to 350 ° F. Grease bottom only of 8-inch square pan. Combine all

brownie ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Spread in greased pan.

Bake at 350 ° F. for 13-18 minutes, or until top is dry and springs back

when touched lightly in center. Cool for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl & mix well.

Spread over top of slightly cooled brownies. Cool completely.

Calories: 80

Sodium: 50 mg

Cholesterol: 18 mg

Fat: 3 g

Carbohydrates: 13 g

Exchanges: 1/2 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat

[Guest guest]

Where do you get this Splenda? I have not seen it here in California? It

will be interesting to see if it powders like regular sugar.

Not So Guilty Brownies

Not So Guilty Brownies

Prep Time: 25 Minutes - Cost: $

Servings: 24 - Difficulty Level: 3

Ingredients

Brownies:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup oil

2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

2 eggs

Frosting:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 T unsweetened cocoa

1 T skim or 2% milk

1/2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

1/8 tsp butter flavor

Directions

Heat oven to 350 ° F. Grease bottom only of 8-inch square pan. Combine all

brownie ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Spread in greased pan.

Bake at 350 ° F. for 13-18 minutes, or until top is dry and springs back

when touched lightly in center. Cool for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl & mix well.

Spread over top of slightly cooled brownies. Cool completely.

Calories: 80

Sodium: 50 mg

Cholesterol: 18 mg

Fat: 3 g

Carbohydrates: 13 g

Exchanges: 1/2 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat

[Guest guest]

Pat, Splenda is here in California, but hard to find and expensive when you

do. What I do is to order it from the Splenda web site at www.splenda.com,

at about half the cost of grocery store pricing. It is really good and

almost impossible to tell the difference between it and regular sugar, I am

going to make my pies with it next week. In fact there is a really good

peanut butter recipe on the site and some other good things as well. I

will post the peanut butter cookie recipe to this list in a separate

post. LaWanda

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I won't deal with the question of where to get Splenda, since Lawanda

handled it better.

The only thing I want to point out about Splenda is that it will work in

every respect as sugar does, except one: it will not carmelize. Overlooking

that point, use Splenda as you would sugar in every other respect.

Thanks,

Walt

Not So Guilty Brownies

Not So Guilty Brownies

Prep Time: 25 Minutes - Cost: $

Servings: 24 - Difficulty Level: 3

Ingredients

Brownies:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup oil

2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

2 eggs

Frosting:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 T unsweetened cocoa

1 T skim or 2% milk

1/2 tsp chocolate extract or flavor

1/8 tsp butter flavor

Directions

Heat oven to 350 ° F. Grease bottom only of 8-inch square pan. Combine all

brownie ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well. Spread in greased pan.

Bake at 350 ° F. for 13-18 minutes, or until top is dry and springs back

when touched lightly in center. Cool for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl & mix well.

Spread over top of slightly cooled brownies. Cool completely.

Calories: 80

Sodium: 50 mg

Cholesterol: 18 mg

Fat: 3 g

Carbohydrates: 13 g

Exchanges: 1/2 Bread/Starch, 1/2 Fat

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info, Luwanda. I have not seen it in any stores around here

at all. Thanks for the recipe, too. I will try them out!

RE: Not So Guilty Brownies

Pat, Splenda is here in California, but hard to find and expensive when you

do. What I do is to order it from the Splenda web site at www.splenda.com,

at about half the cost of grocery store pricing. It is really good and

almost impossible to tell the difference between it and regular sugar, I am

going to make my pies with it next week. In fact there is a really good

peanut butter recipe on the site and some other good things as well. I

will post the peanut butter cookie recipe to this list in a separate

post. LaWanda