Choc-berry brownies
This lower-calorie makeover choc-berry brownie recipe is the ultimate chocolatey treat and can be made gluten free.
Serves: 16 (makes 16 brownies)
Time to make: 40 mins
Hands-on time: 15 mins
Total cost: $5.60 / $0.35 per serve
(at time of publication)
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
Instructions
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.
You save
- 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.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 134cal
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Kilojoules 570kJ
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Protein 3g
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Total fat 5g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 20g
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–Sugars 10g
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Dietary fibre 2g
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Sodium 60mg
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Calcium 3mg
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Iron 0.5mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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If I don’t like cooked banana, can I use maple syrup or honey instead? If so, how much of each?
Thanks