Reduced carb brownies

[Catherine4188]

Hello,

I've just had an experiment with making a lower carb brownie recipe by adapting a few I've read online. It's turned out really well so I thought I'd share. If you like fudgy, soft brownies you will like these, the texture is different to a flour brownie but closer to a flourless cake. It all just gets mixed in one bowl and so super easy to make. Each brownie is about 18g carbs instead of 30g+ if flour and sugar were used.

Makes 20
Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 cups of ground hazelnut or almond flour (either will be great or a mix of the 2)

1 & 1/3 cups of golden syrup or agave nectar

1/2 cup oil

4 large eggs

5 Tbsp coco powder

Tbsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

(Add nuts if you wish however this is not included in carb count)

Method :

Preheat oven to 160 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl until a loose batter is made. Pour into a lined baking tray around 25cm x 15cm. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Leave to cool.

I will experiment with sugar alternatives such as stevia now that I know this basic recipe works and keep you updated as I bring the carb count down.

 

[ME_Valentijn]

Each brownie is about 18g carbs instead of 30g+ if flour and sugar were used.

The syrup (agave or otherwise) is nearly the same as sugar. 1 & 1/3 cup of agave is adding 250 carbs, whereas the same amount of sugar would add 265 instead. So not a lot of point in making that substitution, especially since sugar is a lot cheaper

 

[Catherine4188]

The syrup makes the texture better, I used golden syrup in a previous recipe which worked just as well and is cheaper. The syrup only reduces the carb on content a little, it's the nut flour or ground nuts which reduces the batch by 100g carbs.