Hi! Hi! Hi! Is anybody still lurking around this abandoned blog? I wish I had posted at least once a week, that was my plan initially, but we all know that executing a plan is not as easy as we think it is. So here I am nearly after 2 months of my last post. We recently bought our first home and it has taken me so much time to settle down and I went on a baking spree last week after 4 months. So you can expect a couple of interesting egg free baking recipes in the days to come.
It all started with this "Nearly No Fat Fudge Brownie" recipe I found in the yogurt container. A baking recipe couldn't possibly be any simpler. I had all the ingredients at home and it was already egg free; so I was good to go. This is also a one bowl recipe if you have a large microwave safe bowl. If you are a regular follower of this blog you would know that I try to bake healthy; include a lot of whole grains, reduce the quantity of fat, sugar. So our taste buds have accustomed pretty good. The brownies tasted very good. We did not miss the fat at all. It was chewy and fudgy. Maybe those with a sweeter tooth can increase the quantity of sugar to ¾th cup, but it was fine for us.
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Recipe
Almost Fat Free Fudge Brownies Recipe
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- ¾ cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ cup Chopped Pecans (or any other nuts optional)
Wet Ingredients:
- ½ cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Plain Yogurt (I used fat free)
- ½ cup Water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Lightly grease an 8x8 inch square pan and line it with aluminum foil, with some extra foil hanging around the edges so that it is easy to lift the brownie. You wouldn't believe how much time saving and mess free is this simple step of lining with foil.
- In a large microwave bowl melt the chocolate chips. It took about 45 seconds for the chocolate to melt. Do not set the time all at once, melt it in increments of 15-20 seconds because the cooking time in microwave ovens differ from one to another. Use a whisk to stir the melted chocolate to see that its smooth. Let this stand for a minute or two.
- To the melted chocolate add the yogurt and sugar; mix until combined.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and nuts (if using) and stir until just combined.
- To this mixture add water and stir carefully until the batter comes together. This batter looked more like a cake batter.
- The original recipe mentions to bake the brownies between 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Mine actually took 32 minutes. So start with the minimum amount of time mentioned in the recipe and increase the time in small increments if it doesn't bake.
- Remove the pan from the oven and leave it on a cooling rack for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes carefully lift the foil and let the brownies cool completely before you can cut it. If you don't use the aluminum foil the cooling time will be much longer. You would have to leave it overnight too. I was able to cut it beautifully within 2 hours.
My Notes
- If you have a sweet tooth I would suggest increasing the quantity of sugar to ¾th of a cup. I also felt a mild sourness from the yogurt (my husband and son did not notice it). So I think the increased quantity of sugar will mask that too.
- If you do not want to increase the quantity of sugar try testing/tasting the yogurt before hand. The original recipe had mentioned to use Balkan style yogurt, maybe that isn't as sour as the plain yogurt I used. I have tried the Stoneyfield organic yogurt and it is not sour at all (at least immediately after opening). Maybe you could try that in this recipe.
- Update: Forgot to write this point before. I was not sure if the melted chocolate mixture would curdle if I immediately added yogurt to it. So I waited for about 5 minutes after I melted the chocolate in the microwave oven before adding the yogurt. To be even more sure I first mixed the sugar to melted chocolate; mixed it well and then added the yogurt.
Mo'Betta says
Thanks for posting a recipe that my whole family can enjoy!! Low fat for me and egg-free for my little one! Excited to try this out. Congrats on your new home, I've been in mine almost 2 years and still have things that need to be done!!
Welcome to my blog and thanks Kim. Tell me about it, the list is endless.
Shubhada says
Missed your eggless recipes. Glad to see you are back. Thanks for the wonderful brownie recipe.Good Luck on your new home!!
Thanks Shubhada.
Ciaochowlinda says
Hi - I just found you through Tastespotting and love the idea of non-fat brownies. Especially when they look as good as these. 😎
Thanks for dropping by.
kanthi says
AHH..fatfree , definately will try this.
Thanks Kanthi. Welcome to my blog.
sowmya says
they look awesome..
Thanks Sowmya.
Shoba Shrinivasan says
hi there,
i shd deinitely try this one. i got some good cocoa powder from trader joe`s and i am waiting to make some thing guilt free!!!
Shobha
Do try it and let me know if you liked it Shobha.
Hari Chandana says
Mouth watering recipe.. looks perfect 🙂
Thanks and welcome to my blog Hari Chandana.
wit,wok and wisdom says
Hello Madhuram!
I am delighted to see you 'live'!I must let you know that I have really been lurking your blog going over and over through your lovely recipes and I do admire your acumen in baking stuff!I have become a follower of your blog and hope to learn lots from you.Lovely brownies by the way...do drop in sometime at my place too:)Will be lovely to have you visit my blog!
Take care!
Thanks and will definitely drop in.
Libby says
Why, yes, I'm still lurking around! I'm always glad to see your latest creation pop up on my reader!
Thank Libby. That's so sweet of you.
Bharti says
hey
Congrats on the new home! It does take a while to settle down. The brownies look sinful and not fat free at all!
Thanks Bharti.
vani sudarshan says
Welcome back and congratulations on your new home 🙂
Thanks Vani.
abc says
Dear Madhuram
Everyone is still lurking around this wonderful blog. I still to read a recipe. I directly jump to comment page after seeing your first sentece 🙂
Thank you very much ABC.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
They look amazing !!!
Thanks Priya.
Priya says
Woww thats a delectable and tempting brownies, glad to see u back after a long..Welcome back, congrats on buying new home..
Thank you very much Priya.
Bhuvana Govind says
Hei Madhu... where have you been? Welcome back...congrats on new home. Hope you all settled
Wow...yummy brownies
Sort of settled Bhuvana. Things keep coming up like mushroom. Will call you one of these days.
Latha says
Welcome back Madhu....Congrats on your new home. Brownies look moist and incredibly yummy.
Thank you very much Latha.
Radhika Vasanth says
Glad to see you back Madhu 🙂 And congratulations on buying new home. Hope your kitchen is all geared up to delight us. btw, these brownies are so luscious. It inspires me to bake them again after I terribly failed in my experiment to bake a eggless brownie last evening.
Thanks Radhika.
Nithya says
wow..this looks simply fantastic. Yummy to the core 🙂
Thanks Nithya.
Champa says
Madhuram, welcome back. The title of the recipe on the top of print link is wrong. Just letting you know.
Thanks Champa, made the correction.
Jane @ Sweet Basil Kitchen says
These look really moist...gotta love the "no fat"!
Thanks Jane.