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Choc-berry brownies

This lower-calorie makeover choc-berry brownie recipe is the ultimate chocolatey treat and can be made gluten free.

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 40 mins
  • Serving: 16 people (makes 16 brownies)
Ratings: 4.9
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • spray oil
    • 80g reduced-fat spread, melted
    • ½ cup packed soft brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • ½ cup skim milk
    • 1 ripe banana, mashed
    • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
    • ¾ cup flour
    • ½ cup self-raising flour
    • 50g dark chocolate, chopped
    • 150g frozen mixed berries
    • 2 teaspoons (total) icing sugar and/or drinking-chocolate powder, to dust
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Coat a 20cm-square cake tin with a light spray of oil then line tin with baking paper.

    2 Beat spread and sugar with a wooden spoon. Add eggs and beat to combine. Fold milk, banana, cocoa and flours into egg mixture until just combined. Fold chocolate and berries into brownie mixture.

    3 Spoon mixture into tin and bake for 20-25 minutes or until firm to the touch. Leave cooked mixture to stand in tin for 10 minutes. Slice in 16 squares. Dust brownies with icing sugar and/or chocolate powder.

    How we did it

    • Halved the sugar and sweetened with a banana.
    • Used 75 per cent less chocolate and added cocoa powder for richer flavour.
    • Replaced butter with reduced-fat spread to lower saturated fat and kilojoules.
    • Swapped walnuts for mixed berries to cut kilojoules.
    • Used trim milk rather than dark-blue-top milk to cut fat.

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    • 470kJ/113 cal
    • 10g fat
    • 4g sat fat
    • 8g sugars

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flours and check cocoa powder, chocolate, icing sugar and drinking chocolate are gluten free.

    One comment on Choc-berry brownies

    1. 25254451 July 15, 2021 at 3:10 pm #

      If I don’t like cooked banana, can I use maple syrup or honey instead? If so, how much of each?

      Thanks

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