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Black Bean Brownies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 15 oz. can of organic black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup agave syrup
  • 1/2 cup self rising flour *see Feaster's note
  • 1/2 cup egg whites
  • 1/4 cup good quality unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 tablespoons good quality vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons Nestle's mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

For Brownies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 8x8 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. 
  • In a food processor, combine all the ingredients except the chocolate chips and process until smooth, occasionally scraping the sides of the processor. 
  • Stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon. Pour into the baking dish and bake for about 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the center clean.
  • Cool completely and ice with cream cheese frostings or a light sprinkle of confectionary sugar. 

For Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Combine 4 oz cream cheese, a 1/2 tsp vanilla and 2 tablespoons confectionary sugar and process until smooth. Tweak to taste.

Notes

If you don't have any self rising flour, just make your own. 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/5 teaspoons baking powder Stir or sift together the flour, salt and baking powder