Well saying eating brownies will help you lose weight is a bit of a stretch…but these brownies I made at least won’t sabotage your weight loss. (But this isn’t as catchy a title and you probably wouldn’t read this post if I just called it ‘healthy brownies’…)

I recently made a pan of brownies and served it up after dinner one night.

On occasion I’ll make ‘traditional’ type baking, very occasionally I might add. In fact, I feel my children could call the Children’s Help Line to complain of culinary abuse due to my lack of (good) cooking and baking…I usually won’t eat the baking that I make, clearly the sign of a bad cook if you ask me…

In any case, I served my son a warm brownie and had one for myself. He was suspect right away.

“What’s up with the brownies?” he asked before even taking a bite. (Something MUST be up with brownies that I make and then eat.) He knows me too well to think that I’d make ‘traditional’ brownies and eat a big one after dinner.

Turns out I found a yummy recipe for black bean brownies that I felt NO guilt eating. (They were super easy to make too.) They were ‘actually’ good as my son put it. I need to add a bit more sugar next time, I cut back too much and they were barely sweet. I liked them, but for a real ‘brownie’ taste, a little sweetness is a good thing.

The first time I've ever taken a picture of a dessert I've made...

Give this recipe a go, you’ll be pleasantly surprised as I was…I may just become a baker after all (not likely).

• 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 3 eggs
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup white sugar (I used 1/3 cup brown sugar)
• 2 tsp instant coffee
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Lightly grease a 8×8 square baking dish
3. Combine black beans, eggs, oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla, sugar and instant coffee in a blender; blend until smooth.
4. Pour mixture into the baking dish, sprinkle with chocolate chips if using.
5. Bake until the top is dry and edges start to peel away from the sides, about 30 minutes.

Enjoy! See if you can fool your friends and family…;)

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