Total:
40 mins
Active:
15 mins
Servings:
20
Ingredients
Ingredient Checklist
Nonstick cooking spray
¼ cup butter
¾ cup granulated sugar (see Tip)
⅓ cup cold water
¾ cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 3 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ¼ cups whole-wheat pastry flour, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
Directions Instructions Checklist
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 9x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, extending foil up over the edges of the pan. Lightly coat foil with nonstick spray. Set aside.
Step 2
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over low heat; remove from heat. Whisk in sugar and the water. Whisk in egg, oil and vanilla until combined. Stir in 1 cup of the flour and the baking powder until combined (batter will be thin at this point.) Place peanut butter in a small bowl; gradually whisk in 1/2 cup of the batter until smooth. Set aside. In another bowl, combine the remaining 1/4 cup flour and the cocoa powder. Stir into the plain batter; stir in chocolate pieces. Pour chocolate batter into prepared pan.
Step 3
Drop peanut butter batter in small mounds over chocolate batter in pan. Using a thin metal spatula, swirl batters together. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
Tips
Tip: If using a sugar substitute, choose Splenda(R) Sugar Blend for Baking or Sun Crystals(R) in place of granulated sugar. Follow package directions to use product amount that's equivalent to 3/4 cup granulated sugar. Decrease baking time to 15 to 18 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Nutrition analysis per serving: same as below except 140 calories, 13 g carbohydrate.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 brownie
Per Serving: 151 calories; protein 3g; carbohydrates 17g; sugars 10g; fat 8g; saturated fat 3g; cholesterol 6mg; sodium 61mg.
Exchanges: 1 1/2 fat, 1 other carbohydrate
