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.
jas says
hi
I will be tryin this recipe out tomorrow. What do u mean by plain yogurt, is it just natural yogurt?thick or a bit more thin?
Madhuram says
It's the regular yogurt. By plain I mean without any flavoring and added sugar.
jas says
thank you
vidya says
I tried this receipe today, and it came out awesome!!!
Madhuram says
Thanks for giving it a shot Vidya.
Hiral says
I have been following your blog for a while and its awesome how you come up with all these eggless recipes!
I was planning to make these brownies and the vegan blueberry muffins for a party on sat (today is wed) and wanted to know if they will still taste as fresh amd moist if i make them well in advance - on thurs?
would appreciate your feedback. thank you!
Madhuram says
Thanks Hiral. I would suggest you to bake them on Friday instead. It will taste good if you bake it on Thursday but the muffins especially become sort of sticky (I tried it recently) after 2-3 days.
Hiral says
oh thanks...that helps me a lot with my planning!
Madhuram says
You're welcome Hiral.
Prithvi says
Fantastic recipe!!! I used brown sugar instead of regular sugar!!!! It was over even before I could blink
Madhuram says
Thanks Prithvi.
Sona says
I have been following your blog for a while and have tried quite a
recipes from your site.
I have blogged about the almost fatfree brownies on my site.
Thanks for this great recipe!
Madhuram says
Thanks Sona.
Mel says
I don't have any yogurt at home, and I was wondering if there is an alternative?
Madhuram says
You could try it with buttermilk/applesauce/tofu.
Sara says
I'm glad this is my first eggless recipe
it is so delicious ,, next time I cook this recipe I'll increase the sugar ,,,but it shows we don't need egg to make good baking
Patricia says
It looks really great!
But where I live it's really hard to find soy yogurt (I don't drink milk).
So I would like to know if it's possible to change yogurt for silken tofu.
Thanks in advance!
Madhuram says
Maybe you can try it Patricia. Or you can also try curdling soymilk with lemon juice instead of yogurt.
Tharaka says
I'm trying to get back into shape after snapping my achilles and it was a god-send to find such a recipe. I'm gonna give it a whirl, but just wanted to know, how many calories are we talking about here?
dobby says
I made these brownies yesterday, and they were so good! My boyfriend is allergic to eggs, so he can't normally eat brownies. Which has been a loss for me, since I love them. But now we can both enjoy, he loved them. And they did taste like "normal" brownies, not like a bad subsitute.
Thank you!
You're welcome Dobby. I'm very glad that you two were able to enjoy these brownies.
Durga says
Tried ur brownies this afternoon..turned out awesome!!Thanks a bunch!
You're welcome Durga.
Chitra says
Thanks Madhuram.. I just baked a batch and they are yummy.. I did replace regular sugar with splenda sugar blend 1/2 cup and used lowfat yogurt. Baked it for about 40 minutes.. Sprinkled little powdered sugar after baking and cooling.. I loved it.. thanks...
You're welcome Chitra. It's great to know that Splenda works too in this recipe.
Srivalli says
That's looking sinful Madhu..will have to try this .. 😈
SS says
Dear Madhu,
After I replaced wwpf, the brownies dont rise as before. also i added baking powder but dont know if i need to change the quantity of some other ingredients. Would appreciate your inputs as always.
Thanks.
Hmmm... I have tried brownies with oat flour, barley flour and all have rised pretty well. I'm not sure what could be the problem, SS.
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Suzanne says
Hi! Love this recipe- I used vanila flavored yogurt like they suggest on the "no phudge" FF brownie box and the sour taste was solved without the extra sugar. cha-ching!
Thanks for letting us know Suzanne.
Padmalatha says
Hello Mrs.Madhuram,
Thanks for your recipes. I am new to cooking and just tried eggless carrot cake for my husband's birthday. Luckily i got your blog site with my first google search. Thanks for sharing your recipes. Photos of all your dishes look very inviting. Wonderful! Beautifully focussed! I will try your Brownie recipe today :).
Thank you very much Padmalatha. Please feel free to ask questions about baking procedures, recipes etc.
SS says
Dear Madhuram,
I am back again, lurking around your site 🙂
Can I replace all purpose flour with whole wheat pastry flour, for baking purposes? I am curious as to how will the end product be. Please let me know.
Thanks again for your tip did follow it and within a week i have another batch of double the quantity.
Thanks SS. I'm pretty sure that WWPF should be fine in this recipe.
SS says
A bunch of hearty thanks to you for this lovely recipe. I just tried it out. and wowww its felt like heavens....never believed such a moist and no oil fuss-free brownie could be EZZeeeeeeeeee. However i dint let it over bake beyond 20 mins i guess thats the reason why it was super soft, dont know wonder why !
Kudos to you......will keep following this place and looking forward to more healthy and fat free cooking!
Thanks again.
Your welcome SS. As I have mentioned elsewhere, once you see the brownie pulling out from the sides of the pan you know its ready to be removed from the oven. Otherwise you could do the "touch test"; if you touch the brownie with your finger it should bounce back and there is always the toothpick test. I'm very glad that you liked this recipe.
Sharmilee says
Thanks Madhuram I did bake the brownie for a longer time so the total time I baked was around 50mins cudnt bake any longer as the top was browning more.....May be next time will try it with the 100gms and let u knw!