Black Bean Brownies With Walnuts
Ready for a super secret superfood twist to your usual brownies? Today, for Guest Bloggers’ Week, Sharon Palmer — a registered dietitian, food and nutrition writer, and plant-based nutrition expert — is sharing her Black Bean Brownies With Walnuts recipe with us! This recipe comes straight from her new book Plant-Powered for Life: Eat Your Way to Lasting Health with 52 Simple Steps and 125 Delicious Recipes. (© Sharon Palmer, 2014. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment. Available wherever books are sold.)
Black Bean Brownies With Walnuts
Author: Sharon Palmer
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 16
Here’s the perfect scenario—a dense, moist brownie packed with cocoa polyphenols and bean nutrition — protein, fiber, and even antioxidants! The beans replace the grains and some of the fat in this gluten-free, egg-free black bean brownie recipe. I guarantee that nobody will guess the magic ingredient—black beans — in this delicious treat. What a great way to get kids (and grown-ups) to eat their beans.
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray
- One 15-ounce (425 g) can black beans, no salt added, rinsed and drained (or 1¾ cups cooked)
- ½ cup (170 g) honey or agave nectar
- ½ cup (43 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons canola oil, expeller pressed
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup (85 g) dairy-free, dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup (58 g) chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray an 8 by 8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the black beans, honey, cocoa powder, chia seeds, vanilla, canola oil and baking powder in a blender. Process until smooth. Scrape down the sides halfway through blending if needed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle the chocolate chips and walnuts evenly across the top of the brownies.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the edges pull away from the side of the pan and the brownies are firm.
- Cool for a few minutes, and then slice into 16 squares.
Notes
This makes a chewy, moist brownie.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2-by-2-inch brownie Calories: 149 Fat: 8 Saturated fat: 2 Carbohydrates: 20 Sugar: 11 Sodium: 99 Fiber: 3 Protein: 3