Baking with Children Easy Low-Calorie Brownies

Name: Baking with Children Easy Low-Calorie Brownies
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 100 grams Cake flour; 100 grams Margarine (unsalted if you have it); 100 grams Light brown sugar (or white sugar); 2 Eggs; 50 grams Cocoa powder; 1 few drops Vanilla oil (or vanilla essence)

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I found the original recipe for these brownies in a children's recipe book. Since then I've modified bits and pieces and have been making these brownies for over 15 years now. I use it a lot for when I have to bring something to parties or when baking for my kid's kindergarten outings.

Even though brownies are usually filled with walnuts, I don't use them in this recipe because some of the children in my family don't like nuts. If you'd like to use them, please add 100 g finely chopped walnuts after Step 6. Recipe by Tsukimi natto

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Ingredients

1 serving

100 gramsCake flour
100 gramsMargarine (unsalted if you have it)
100 gramsLight brown sugar (or white sugar)
2Eggs
50 gramsCocoa powder
1few drops Vanilla oil (or vanilla essence)

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Steps

1

Line a brownie tray with baking paper.
2

Melt the margarine in a microwave (this usually takes about 3 minutes).
3

Add the cocoa into the margarine a little at a time and mix until smooth.
4

Crack the eggs into a separate bowl and whisk them for 3 minutes.
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Gradually mix the sugar into the eggs well.
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Add the vanilla oil to the eggs and sugar, then pour the cocoa mixture from Step 3 into the bowl too. Combine well.
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Sift in the cake flour.
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Then fold in the cake flour using a rubber spatula.
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Pour the brownie mixture into the pan and even out the surface (the mixture should be quite firm). Bake the brownies in an oven preheated to 160°C for 25 minutes.
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Once the brownies have cooled, cut them into slices and serve.
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I think that these brownies are relatively sweet, but since they're made with just cocoa they may have quite a mature flavour.
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When I take these to children's parties I usually coat them in white chocolate that's been melted in a bain-marie.
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I also sometimes cover them in chocolate sprinkles.
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Unsalted margarine is ideal for this recipe but lately I've found myself using a low-calorie spread that's been on offer at the shop.
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For my friends with a sweet tooth, I tend to add 50-70 g non-melt chocolate chips into the mixture as well.