My Mother sent me a recipe for a 37 calorie brownies a few weeks ago and I’ve been wanting to try making them. However I didn’t have all the fat free ingredients they called for so I had to trace back to the original recipe to see what they used.I was able to track down the original recipe for 100 calorie brownies from the Londoner. I adapted this original recipe to be gluten free and to match what I had on hand. Also I love chocolate chips in brownies so I added a few Enjoy Life mini-chips to this recipe. When I was completely done adapting the recipe the brownies ended up being 76 calories. I don’t normally look up nutrition information but since the allure of this recipe is how few calories it has, I’m posting the nutrition information:
Recipe Nutrition Calculator
Serves 12 people
| Ingredients |
Calories |
Carbs |
Fat |
Protein |
Sodium |
Sugar |
| Milk 1% - 1cup, 0.25 cup |
33 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
43 |
4 |
|
| Trader Joe's - Cocoa Powder Unsweetened (Net Carbs), 0.5 cup(s) |
160 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Trader Joe's - Rolled Oats, 0.5 cup uncooked |
150 |
27 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Sugar - White Granulated Sugar, 0.5 Cup |
15 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
| Eggs - Whole, raw, 1 large |
74 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
70 |
0 |
|
| Applesauce - Unsweetened, 5.33 tbsp(s) |
34 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
|
| Argo - Baking Powder, Aluminum Free, 1 tsp(s) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
760 |
0 |
|
| Spices - Salt, table, 1 dash |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
155 |
0 |
|
| Dannon - Okios Vanilla Greek Yogurt, 5.3 oz |
120 |
19 |
0 |
12 |
45 |
18 |
|
| Enjoy Life - Semi Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips, 4 Tablespoon |
320 |
36 |
20 |
4 |
0 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total: |
906 |
106 |
37 |
39 |
1,076 |
63 |
|
| Per Serving: |
76 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
90 |
5 |
|
The texture of these brownies are very unique. My sister described them as “chalky”. However if you are on a low calorie diet you may enjoy them as a special treat. One other thing I noticed was that because I had granny smith applesauce on hand the brownies were actually quite tart. I accidentally left the egg out of the batter when I made them. However they held together quite nicely. So if you are looking for an egg free alternative you can go ahead and just leave the egg out without any consequences.
I have cut these brownies into 12 pieces. I typically cut an 8x8 pan of brownies into 12 or 16 pieces. If you chose to cut these into 9 pieces the brownies would be about 100 calories. Also if you chose to leave out the chocolate chips and still cut them into 12 pieces the brownies would be just under 50 calories.
Gluten Free 76 Calorie Brownies:5.3oz Vanilla Greek Yogurt1/4 C Milk1/2 C Cocoa1/2 C Gluten Free Oats1/2 C Sugar1 Egg1/3 C Unsweetened Applesauce1 tsp Baking PowderPinch of Salt4 Tablespoons Enjoy Life Mini-Chocolate ChipsPreheat the oven to 400 and grease an 8x8 glass baking dish.
Combine all ingredients in the bowl of a Food Processor. Pulse until well combined and the oats have been chopped.
Stir in the chocolate chips and pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before cutting. Cut into 12 pieces.
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Source: Adapted from
The Londoner
Tell me if this has ever happened to you: your husband has made a wonderful breakfast, he’s made cinnamon rolls, scrambled eggs and bacon. He even goes so far as to ask you before he uses all the eggs if you’ll need any of them since it’s a giant snow storm outside and everything is closed. You tell him you don’t need any eggs and its fine if he uses all of them.However, later that night you just need a nice pan of brownies to finish off the amazing snow day you’ve had. You put everything in the bowl and go to add an egg…there’s nothing there. All the eggs were used that morning! Yeah, that happened to us the other day. So I went online and tried to figure out a solution to my problem.This worked incredibly well. I personally couldn’t notice a difference in texture, Alex said he could, but I think he was just imagining things. As a disclaimer, I did use this substitute in a gluten free box mix of brownies. From the outcome I had though, I assume it will work in just about any recipe. If you’re baking gluten free though, you’re going to need to add a few additional tablespoons of liquid to the recipe in order to get the right consistency.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:172]