Avocados from Mexico’s Better Baking Sweepstakes! (& Brownie Recipe)

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Avocados to me are something that goes with Mexican food.  I use them in salsas, guacamole, tacos and thats about it.  While avocados really do make everything I use them with better, I never really thought to extend my use of them to anything else, certainly not to baked goods.  Well you can actually replace the butter or oil with an equal amount of pureed avocado.  It is that simple!  Baked goods come out richer, healthier and more moist than ever.  I admit I was very skeptical over how a dessert would taste with avocado in it but I am so glad I tried it!

I made homemade brownies using an avocado instead of vegetable oil and my family couldn’t even tell the difference!

Brownies with Secret Avocados

 Ingredients:

• 1 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)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×9 inch baking pan.
• In a bowl, mix together the oil, 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.
• 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.

Its good I promise!

No more green 🙂

I Honestly couldn’t make brownies without an avocado in them anymore.  They were that good!
Adapted from AllRecipes

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