Healthier Zucchini Brownies

Healthier Zucchini Brownies

Recipe by GrrlFriday from allrecipes.com

Dessert 50 Mins.

Ingredients

16

16 servings

  • cooking spray
  • 2 medium zucchini, chopped
  • 1 cup prunes
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup natural cocoa
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil, scant
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
  • 1 tablespoon Demerara sugar
  • ½ cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  • Puree zucchini in a high-powered blender or food processor. Measure out 2 cups of zucchini puree, then add prunes until level hits 3 cups. Return to the blender and process. Add brown sugar, cocoa, oil, salt, and vanilla extract; blend until totally smooth.
  • Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, and baking soda together in a bowl. Stir in nuts. Pour chocolate mixture into flour mixture and stir together as gently as possible; batter will be very thick.
  • Spread batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth as much as you'd like; this batter will not smooth out much as it bakes. Sprinkle Demerara sugar and chocolate chips on top.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until brownies just spring back when touched in the middle or a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool before devouring.

Nutritional Facts

Per 16 servings

  • Calories: 228
  • Carbohydrate: 38g
  • Fat: 9g
  • Fiber: 4g
  • Protein: 4g
  • Sugar: 22g

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