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Low-Calorie Black and White Brownies

Submitted by NOW employee Sherri Janes. This recipe won second place in a “Healthy Recipe” contest for NOW employees.

Ingredients

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

½ cup chocolate chips

¼ cup unsalted butter at room temperature

2 large eggs or ½ cup egg substitute

2 tsp NOW Vanilla Extract

½ cup unsweetened applesauce

½ cup sweet dark chocolate

½ cup NOW Cocoa Powder

1 tsp. baking powder

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8 or 9-inch square cake pan.

2. Stir together flour, sweetener, and baking powder in bowl. Beat together butter, eggs, and vanilla in a separate bowl until butter is broken into little pieces. Add applesauce and stir until blended. Fold in flour mixture until moistened. Fold in chocolate chunks. Measure ½ cup of mixture and drop by spoonfuls into buttered cake pan.

3. Fold cocoa powder and chocolate chips into remaining batter. Gently spoon chocolate batter over white batter. Batter is thick, so smooth out surface.

4. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool before cutting into 1 ½ inch squares.

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