Healthy and Indulgent Brownies

Finally, some no-guilt brownies 🙂

A few weeks ago I wrote about how Greek yogurt is a fantastic substitute for other cooking fats like oils, lard, and so on.

I’ve been a chocoholic for as long as I can remember and I haven’t had brownies in a very long time because of the oil content. I decided to test how well Greek yogurt and I think I may have opened a portal to heaven!

I used the following ingredients for my brownies:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1⅓ cups Vanilla Greek yogurt (I used low fat)
• ½ cup white chocolate chips
• ¾ cup pecans

Directions:

1. Combine all of the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, pecans),
2. Blend all the wet ingredients – vanilla extract, Greek yogurt, chocolate chips (melt for 30s in a microwave safe bowl or in a small pot),
3. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients slowly (I did it a little too quickly and had one heck of a mess to clean up!),
4. After you’ve combined the wet and dry ingredients, pour the batter into a pan (8x8x2 lined with parchment paper and slightly covered in olive oil to help keep the brownies from sticking),
5. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean,
6. Let the brownies cool for about 15 minutes, and enjoy!