Lighter Chocolate Brownies
You will never know these Chocolate Brownies are lightened up. They are rich and fudgy with a perfect brownie texture. A chocolate lovers dream!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, plus a few for the top dark chocolate if you want these insanely chocolaty
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup no-sugar-added applesauce
- 1 tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup white wheat flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- sea salt for sprinkling on top optional
- non-stick cooking spray
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
- In medium size mixing bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter, coconut oil, applesauce, salt, and sugar for 1 minute. The mixture should be thick.
- Add eggs and vanilla and beat for 1 more minute or until light in color.
- Sift the flour and cocoa powder over the top of wet ingredients. Gently fold in until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and pour batter in prepared baking dish. Add a few more chips to the top and sprinkle with a little sea salt. This is optional. Bake for 25-30 minutes. We bake ours for 30 minutes.
- Let cool for 10-15 minutes if you can wait that long and enjoy!
Notes
Tips:
Be careful not to overmix batter- You'll want to gently fold the dry ingredients with the wet just until combined. Do not use a mixer or whisk. A large spoon works best.
Substitute with other baking chips- For intense chocolate flavor use dark chocolate chips. White chocolate and milk chocolate also work great.
Flour- White wheat is what I use for this recipe or all-purpose if I don't have wheat on hand. Note: I have not used gluten-free flour blend for this recipe but feel free to try it and let me know in the comments how it turned out!
Cutting brownies- Spray knife with non-stick cooking spray to slice through the baked brownies. This will ensure a nice clean slice. Recipe is 9 servings but can be stretched to 18.
The nutritional facts are based on 1 square out of 9. This is a generous serving.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only and should be understood as an estimate rather than a guarantee. The Menu Maid makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information.