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Sunday, April 21, 2013

20(ish)--- Mexican Chocolate Avocado Brownies

Avocados are Mother Nature's butter.

 So these must be Mother Nature's brownies.

 Well done, Mother Nature, well done.

 Mexican Chocolate Avocado Brownies
Makes ~8

 1/2 cup pureed avocado (~1 small avocado)
2/3 cup white sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/3 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup high quality unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon (omit for regular brownies)

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 Beat together avocado puree, sugar, vanilla, and eggs.

 In a separate bowl, mix remaining dry ingredients.  Beat dry ingredients into wet.

 Pour batter into a round 9" cake pan, prepared with baking spray (*you may also use an 8x8" square pan).

 Bake for ~20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the brownies comes out clean!

 Cut into 8 (or 9 if using a square pan) even slices and serve!
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10 comments:

  1. FreddyApril 21, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    what makes these mexican?

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  2. Adya BadyaApril 21, 2013 at 1:34 PM

    Love the use of avocados!

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  3. Lindsay Kay Kordick, MS, RD, LN, EPcApril 22, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    Freddy- cinnamon!

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  4. labrideApril 22, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    I need to try this out, I've been tempting to make a chocolate dessert with the avocado substitute in it and haven't got the guts up. This sounds yummy enough to test it! How big of a difference is the taste, i.e. will my husband know it has avocado in it?

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  5. Lindsay Kay Kordick, MS, RD, LN, EPcApril 26, 2013 at 7:51 AM

    You will not taste the avocado- go ahead and sneak it in!

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  6. YvonneApril 26, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    i'm going to try this. thank you.
    do you know the calorie count? sorry to ask.

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  7. Lindsay Kay Kordick, MS, RD, LN, EPcApril 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM

    Hi Yvonne. I did not do a nutrition analysis on this recipe since it is a 20! However, I do not imagine that the calorie count is much different than a typical brownie- lots of healthy fats in it though!

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  8. UnknownMay 13, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    I made these this weekend for Mother's day. I used whole wheat flour and Stevia instead of sugar. Giradelli Unsweetened chocolate. AMAZING! I served them with toasted raw almonds and sliced fresh pear. Mother's day dessert just hit a new standard! Thanks for sharing!!

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  9. AnonymousJune 11, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    Made these and loved them! Thanks for the recipe! By the way, have you tried Giada's chocolate avocado pudding? It's also great - sounds like something that you might like.

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  10. arzelieDecember 24, 2015 at 4:47 PM

    My kids swear these are the best brownies they've ever had - the have no idea they have avocado in them.

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