My daughter and I love baking and cooking together. At only 8 years old, my daughter has dreams of owning her own cafe when she’s older and I do all that I can to feed this dream. One of the aspects that we focus on is finding recipes that focus on healthy basics, and recreating classic recipes with a healthy twist. A vegan gluten-free brownie recipe made with zucchini definitely has a healthy twist!
I first saw a recipe for vegan, gluten free zucchini brownies on kriscarr.com and was thrilled to see that we had a zucchini in the fridge! However, if you’re like us, we don’t always have a fully stocked pantry, but we do usually have enough to modify and get by to complete the recipe. Baking is truly an art and modifying or substituting in a recipe can be tricky….it doesn’t usually work for me when I modify.
I’m happy to report that our modifications worked out this time, and we were super happy with how this recipe turned out….see below for the details! The brownies have a softer texture, almost chewy and we melted and spread the chocolate chips on the top. Once cooled, the chilled chocolate gave it that nice little crunch when you bite into it, which really complemented the softer brownie texture.
Here is the original recipe PLUS our substitutions based on what we had at home in our pantry:
By Rebecca Washuta of HealthyHappyBites.com
Yield 6-8 Servings
1. Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9×5 loaf pan – **Gwen’s Kitchen SUBSTITUTION – we used an 8×8 pan and it worked just fine
2. Add all ingredients except chocolate chips to food processor and pulse until well blended (you may need to stop and scrape the sides a few times)
3. Pour batter into pan, top with chocolate chips, and bake for 23-25 minutes (brownies will have pulled away from the sides of the pan, top will be shiny, and toothpick will come out almost perfectly clean)
4. Let cool for at least 45 minutes. No cheating here! The brownies need to be completely cool in order to to set.
5. To remove from pan I run a knife under hot water for a minute, dry it, then cut. The heat helps make a cleaner cut. Then I use a butter spreader to lift them out.
Leave a comment and let us know how your Vegan & Gluten-Free Zucchini Brownie Recipe turned out and if you made any other modifications!!
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