Vegan Chocolate Brownies

Recipe by Cook's Hideout

I have never baked brownies from scratch before. When I saw this recipe in Vegetarian Times, I just had to give it a try. This recipe uses soft tofu & unsweetened applesauce instead of butter and eggs and this is the first time I have used tofu to bake a dessert. One mistake I made was to buy soft tofu that was crumbly and not the silken type soft tofu which made the mixture look curdled before baking, but was fine after mixing all the ingredients together. Also I thought there was a very faint taste of tofu in the...

Ingredients

• 2 cups cane sugar (Natural - (I used regular white sugar))
• 1 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cups cocoa (Unsweetened powder)
• 1 tsps baking powder
• 1 tsps baking soda
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 1 cup tofu (Soft)
• 1 cup applesauce (Unsweetened)
• frozen peas (Soymilk)
• 2 tsps vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9”x13” pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine sugar, flour, baking pd, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl.
3. Combine applesauce, tofu, chocolate milk & vanilla in a food processor; process until well blended.
4. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until batter is set and the top is dry. Cool in the pan; cut into bars and enjoy.

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