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Low Fat Dessert Recipes – Better Brownies

These brownies are sweetened with apple sauce and flavoured with cocoa powder, making them a big treat with little calories.

Better Brownies

Serves: 12

Prep time: 15 minutes plus 15 minutes cooling

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

Low fat cooking spray

75g (2 3/4oz) self raising flour

50g (1 3/4oz) unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 large egg

2 egg whites

175g (6oz) caster sugar

6 tbsp unsweetened apple sauce

2 tbsp sunflour oil

2 tsp vanilla essence

15g (1/2oz) chopped walnuts

Step By Step:

1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180oc/fan oven 160oc. Spray a 20cm (8 inch) square non stick baking pan with the low fat cooking spray.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder and salt, stirring together to mix.

3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, egg whites, sugar, apple sauce, oil and vanilla essence.

4. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, stirring until just blended. Take care not to over mix, or the brownies will not rise.

5. Transfer the cake mixture to the baking pan and sprinkle with the walnuts.

6. Bake in the centre of the oven until just set- about 25 minutes. A toothpick or skewer inserted in the centre of the cake should come out clean.

7. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then cut into 12 rectangles.

Cook’s tip:

If you don’t have a non stick pan, it is advisable to line your tin with greaseproof paper.