Fast lane low-fat tofu brownie

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1⅓cupCake flour or unbleached all purpose flour
¾teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonCinnamon
1pack(10.5 oz) Mori-Nu Silken Lite Tofu (Ex-firm)
¼cupUnsweetened apple sauce
1teaspoonCanola oil
¾cupGranulated sugar or Sucanat
1teaspoonPure vanilla extract
cupCocoa powder
2tablespoonsWalnuts; finely chopped for garnish (optional
Increases the fat content per serving)

Directions

(from the mori-nu web site at ) Grease bottom/sides of 8x8" pan with vegetable shortening. Place wax paper on greased pan bottom and grease top of paper. In food processor, blend dry ingredients. Empty into small bowl; set aside. Do not clean workbowl.

Replace workbowl; process wet ingredients (except cocoa) until smooth and sugar/Sucanat is dissolved. Add cocoa; process until smooth. Add dry mixture all at once. Pulse to blend just until all dry ingredients are moistened. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 20 min. or until brownies spring back when touched lightly in center. Let cool in pan for 15 min. before turning out on cooling rack. Cool completely.

Makes 12 servings.

Without nuts:

120 calories

3.65 g protein

25⅖ g carbohydrate

1.04 g total fat 0mg cholesterol.

With nuts:

128 calories

3.97 g protein

25½ g carbohydrate

1.78 g total fat 0mg cholesterol Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n188 by "Tina D. Bell" <tdbell@...> on Jul 25, 1997