Dense, Spongy Brownies

[tamarian]

This was really good, and tasted like the real thing.

1/2 cup almond meal
1/2 cup oat flour
1/4 cup water
3 large eggs
3 Tbsp sour cream
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Sweetners: Substitute to taste and availability, I used the following
2 Tbso brown sugar twin1 Tbsp Splend
10 drops liquid Stevia

Forsting:
1 square unsweetened chocolate1 Tbsp peanut butter
1/4 cup whipping cream
Sweeteners to taste

Beat eggs with a hand mixer for a few minutes till fluffy and creamy, add warm butter, water and sour cream and beat some more.

Add dry engredients one by one while beating the mixture until it's smooth and uniform mixture

Grease a 9 inch baking dish and bake mixture for 25 minutes at 350 F
Forsting: Melt a squre of bakers unsweetened chocolate, add peanut butter and whipping cream. Warm up in a microve to soften the peanut butter. Beat in a mixer with your favourite sweetners.

Counts (by Doreen):

For the whole recipe:

calories: 2227
Fat: 195g
Carbs: 91g / Fiber: 23g / 68g ECC
Protein: 55g
plus carbs for sweetener used in the frosting


Cut into 9 squares (3" x 3") , per square:

calories: 247
Fat: 21.7g
Carbs: 10g / Fiber: 2.6g / 7.6g ECC
Protein: 6.1g



Enjoy!

[doreen T]

These look awesome Wa'il. And no SOY!!!

Is that oat flour 1/2 cup or 1/2 oz??

And the stick of butter is 1/2 cup (1/4 lb)??

Doreen

[tamarian]

Thanks Doreen, corrections added.

Whish I could bring some over to you and your sister.

Wa'il

[doreen T]

For the whole recipe:calories: 2227
Fat: 195g
Carbs: 91g / Fiber: 23g / 68g ECC
Protein: 55g
plus carbs for sweetener used in the frosting
Cut into 9 squares (3" x 3") , per square:calories: 247
Fat: 21.7g
Carbs: 10g / Fiber: 2.6g / 7.6g ECC
Protein: 6.1g
:)

[doreen T]

Originally posted by tamarian
Whish I could bring some over to you and your sister. Aw, thanks Wa'il. You sorta kinda did ... I can make this recipe to take to my sister's. She's a newly converted low-carber ;) .. and no SOY!! (I said that already, didn't I :p)

Doreen

[Natrushka]

Wa'il these look fantastic. I'm putting them on my weekend list of 'things to do', thanks so much for sharing. Did you invent them?

Nat

[tamarian]

Originally posted by Natrushka

Did you invent them?


Yes. I always do things by "feel" and once it turns out good, work my way back to remeber the steps. This one just worked out from first attempt. I don't bake that often, but had some gourmet chocolate from Karen, so that I'll put it to good use. :)

Wa'il

[Natrushka]

Was the reaction when I presented these to my family this afternoon. Yum. I didnt have as much almond flour on hand as I thought so I had to use a little more oat flour - but they were delicious. Crunchy peanut butter added some texture to the 'icing' - which makes a great little treat on it's own.

A real winner, Wa'il. I think I'm going to take these over for Easter brunch!

Nat

[Kay]

Thanks for inventing this, Wa'il. I tried it tonight and they turned out great. My husband was impressed, to say the least.
I had to use my 8 x 11 pan which was okay because it cut into 12 nice-sized pieces.

[tamarian]

Glad you guys enjoyed them :yum:

Nat's last comment made go and make it (again). I should stop. These are great for occasional treats, not a daily item :)

I made them again with 1/2 cup whey protein, and 1/3 cup almond meal, 1/3 cup oat flour. They turned exactly the same.

That's was great, it adds more protein, and lowers the carb count.

Next time I'll try with 2/3 cup whey protein powder, and 1/3 cup almond meal.

If anyone is contemplating doing the entire thing with whey protein, be careful, it may turn out a bit rubbery :)

I'll report any findings.

Wa'il

[Kay]

Brilliant! I was planning to try the exact same thing. I'm glad you did the experiment because having too many test batches of these around could be dangerous. ;)

[Natrushka]

I've made the icing since the weekend - makes for a great whipped treat. I have to hide the container in the back of the fridge or Mr. I-dont-like-chocolatey-stuff would have eaten it w/in the day!

Nat

[STALLQUEEN]

I have been thinking about brownies for a while now.

My question is, I have almond meal at home, but I only have
carbsence zero carb bake mix, which is a blend of things, will this alter the recipe too much.

Let me know,

P.S. Any other frosting recipes around.

Thanks

[snverge]

Just one dumb question. What is almond meal? Would I be able to use ground almonds? OK......maybe two dumb questions.

[C-u-lean]

Stall Queen,
I would go ahead and try the bake mix, if it doens't work, lesson learned.

Snverg,
Almond mean and ground almonds are one in the same.

[Candiflip]

Hello,

I don't have liquid Stevia, can I substitute 1/2 sugar twin & 1/2 splenda?
If so how much would I need when using these?

Thank you
Candice

[damselfly]

I too would like to know what almond meal is. Also, can one make oat flour by processing oatmeal in a food processor?

[tamarian]

I too would like to know what almond meal is. Also, can one make oat flour by processing oatmeal in a food processor?

C-u-lean is correct, that almond meal is just ground almond. Not sure about grounding oatmeal though. Those are the titles I find them under, when shopping at bulk stores.

I haven't made those in a while, but I'm tempted :)

Wa'il

[dasanipure]

hey peeps,
i'm allergic to gluten - any substitutions for the oat flour? this recipie looks so yummy, i'm dying to try it. is there anything I could add to the recipie to reduce the 'rubbery' problems associated with too much whey? Thanks in advance!

[ItsTheWooo]

Hi Tamarian,
I made these brownies, and they were very good :)

I subbed 1/4 a cup of the almond meal for 1/4 a cup of oat bran... I don't know if that was a good idea or not, I have no results to compare it to. I don't really mind the bran, but I think it would have been better without it.

2 tablespoons of cocoa powder didn't leave the brownies "fudgy" enough , and I was all out of cocoa :(, so I added an ounce of bakers chocolate to up the chocolate factor (I didn't want to use too much since splenda was my only sweetener, and we all know how well unsweetened chocolate and splenda go together, barf).
I didn't make the topping due to a lack of whipped cream.

I also added chopped walnuts and half a chopped up hershey's 1 carb bar for more "stuff' :D.

Chilled they are even better since the fats solidify and it gets more moist and holds better.

There are only a few improvements I think the recipe needs.
First, it's mising the chemical properties of sugar. In a regular brownie recipe, the sugar "carmelizes' and gives the brownies a crispy top and it helps make them gooey. I think the addition of sugar alcohols might help with this problem.
Second, it isn't chocolatey enough. I want a nice deep rich chocolate! I LOVE chocolate ;). I think I am going to get a good quality unsweetened chocolate or cocoa powder and try it with that.
Third I think the bran kinda messed it up. I'm going to sub bran for oat flour next go round.

I'll let you know how it turns out :)

[ItsTheWooo]

hey peeps,
i'm allergic to gluten - any substitutions for the oat flour? this recipie looks so yummy, i'm dying to try it. is there anything I could add to the recipie to reduce the 'rubbery' problems associated with too much whey? Thanks in advance!
If I were in that position I would do 1/2 nut meal and 1/3 whey protein isolate, and for the remaining 1/6th or whatever dry ingredient use a gluten free flour (if it's REALLY high starch, then dilute some of the flour with bran).

I think that wouldn't be too rubbery at all.

edit: here is a link to bobredmill's line of gluten free flou products:
http://www.bobsredmill.com/catalog/index.php?action=do_search&keywords=&condition=AND&gf=gluten+free&submit=%3E%3E%A0search%A0%3C%3C