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Recipe: Brownies with a Secret Ingredient {Avocado!}

January 5, 2013 By 10 Comments

Okay so yes these brownies have an avocado in them.  I substituted the vegetable oil for an avocado for a healthier, lighter and moister brownie.  They are incredible and I honestly won’t go back to making them without an avocado in the future.  My family couldn’t tell the difference at all and we ate them all in one sitting :)  This makes a small 9×9 pan worth, but if you want to make a lasagna pan size worth then you probably want to double the recipe.

Brownies with a Secret Avocado

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Brownies with a Secret Avocado

Ingredients

  • 1 California Avocado
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts(optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.
  2. In a bowl, mix together the avocado, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt until well blended. Stir in walnuts, if desired. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
  3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until you can stick a fork in and pull it out with no brownie mix on it. Dust with powdered sugar if you’d like.
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Yes, they are green for a little bit:

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Then they look like this after you mix in the cocoa:

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  1. Southern Angel says:
    January 5, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    I would have to make these when no one was home so they wouldn’t know. Oh and in the recipe you forgot to replace the word oil with avocado when telling how to mix it.

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  2. Fee (Phyllis) Roberts says:
    January 5, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    Those look really good! I would have never guessed that avocados were mixed in with the brownies! Thanks for sharing! =D

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  3. ann marie golombeski says:
    January 5, 2013 at 4:20 PM

    Awesome idea, I can’t wait to try it! I love avocado, always looking for healthier recipes

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  4. Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says:
    January 5, 2013 at 7:12 PM

    I actually recently saw this recipe on another blog about a week back and I was completely flabbergasted! And of course pretty curious to try it out myself ^.^

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  5. Brenda says:
    January 5, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    Sound interesting. I’ve substituted applesauce for the oil before, but never avocado. Good to know it tasted good. They look delicious.

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