Kitchen Trails - healthy Brownies

gooey fudgy brownies.

What sounds better than that?? A healthier version, of course.

I substituted with wholemeal flour, olive oil, yoghurt, and honey. So, no butter and no sugar.

I used a brownie recipe I found and I tweaked and substituted with my own proportions and ingredients.

DRY INGREDIENTS

1.5 cup organic whole wheat/whole grain flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon himalayan salt

1/2 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened

WET INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup honey, I used raw honey

200g low fat greek yoghurt

1/2 cup olive oil

3 eggs

splashes of vanilla extract, about 1.5 - 2 teaspoon

OTHER MUST HAVEs

200g dark choccolate, broken into chunks. I used 70% cacao Belgian ones

1/2 cup nuts of choice. I normally soak overnight and airfry the nuts and then chop them up into small chunks

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180 C

I use a 9 X 12 inch tray, lined with baking paper, basically for easier removal later

Whisk or sift the dry ingredients into a bowl or plate or whatever receptacle you fancy

In a mixing bowl, combine all the wet ingredients thoroughly

Then, add half the dry ingredients into the wet ones, and mix. Add the other half and mix to combine

Dump in the nuts and choc chunks and mix well

Spoon the mix into the baking tray and make sure that it's spread into the sides and corners

Bake for 30-35 mins

Let cool in the tray for 2 hours and cut into desired size

Notes: 

I've used both normal whole grain flour and whole grain hi protein flour (bought the wrong one by accident), and it's really no biggie. Either one works. I didn't bother with whole grain pastry flour as it's super expensive

I find that if I don't break the chocolate pieces into small teensy chunks, it's way chocolatey-ier and gooeyier and fudgier