Low Calorie Zucchini Brownie Recipe
Zucchini Brownies made flourless with almond butter and chocolate. These low calorie brownies are lighter, fudgy and chocolatey. A healthy brownie that make healthy eating easy!
Servings: 9 brownies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups zucchini ~2 small zucchini shredded
- 1/2 cup almond butter creamy and unsweetened or peanut butter
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons espresso powder
- 3/4 cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats or regular oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons almond butter for swirl
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and prepare an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place gluten free oats in food processor or high-speed blender and process until ground.
- In a large bowl, mix together almond butter, applesauce, maple syrup and vanilla until smooth.
- Next add zucchini, cocoa powder, ground oats, baking soda, espresso powder and salt and mix ingredients together until well combined.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. With a toothpick swirl in the 2 tbsp of almond butter into the batter.
- Bake 25-30 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted into middle of the brownies and comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan 30 minutes prior to slicing into 12 brownies and devouring!
Notes
- I have not tested other flours with this recipe. If you do, please comment below to help others!
Nutrition
Serving: 1brownie | Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 210mg | Potassium: 324mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 41IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 2mg