Chocolate Pumpkin Brownies vs. Black Bean Brownies

Chocolate Pumpkin Brownies

                                                                  Stick of Butter

2 cups of Flour

4 Eggs

1 1/2 cups of Sugar

Chopped Chocolate

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1 1/2 cups of Pumpkin Puree 

1/2 tsp. Nutmeg

Vanilla Extract 

Baking Powder

~ Recipe ~

Preheat oven

Butter 9x9 baking pan

Melt chocolate and butter on stove

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in mixer

In separate bowl, whisk in eggs, sugar and vanilla

Continue until well combined and fluffy

Split each mixture in half

Add one flour to the egg and sugar mixture, repeat

Stir chocolate into one bowl, pumpkin into other
Layer your pan chocolate, pumpkin, chocolate, pumkpin

Bake for 40 minutes

Healthy Alterations: #fixthedish

• Use whole wheat pastry flour
• Use dark chocolate
• Dark chocolate has less sugar than milk chocolate
• Natural Pumpkin Puree
• Watch out for added sugars in preservatives when buying pumpkin puree!

Black Bean Brownies

Can of black beans

Dark Chocolate Chips

3 tbs. Coconut Oil

3 Eggs

1/2 Unsweetened Cocoa

Vanilla Extract

2/3 Brown Sugar

Baking Powder

Dash of Salt

~ Recipe ~

Preheat overn to 350 Degrees

Rinse the can of beans 

Put beans, chocolate chips and oil in a food processor

Once blended, add eggs, sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and baking powder

Process until smooth 

Place in 9x9 baking pan

Bake for 20-25 minutes

3 Good Choices:

• Make your own brown sugar!
• Brown sugar is simple to make, try it yourself! It is much more fresh and better than packaged brown sugar 
• Coconut Oil
• Coconut Oil is a healthier alteration to other types of oils you could use
• Flour less Brownies
• These brownies are gluten free! With a can of black beans, you get a lot of protein as well

With the upcoming fall, I know that lots of people are interested in fall themed recipes! I personally am not the biggest fan of pumpkin spiced anything, but the chocolate in the brownies really complements the pumpkin well. My mother actually has a gluten intolerance, and it is nice to make her brownies that she can enjoy without getting sick. I am aware that a lot of our viewers are also gluten free, and if you're interested we have a Gluten Free Pancake Recipe as well. And I actually like the taste of the gluten free pancakes better than my classic buttermilk recipe. Either way, there are times where it is okay to indulge in comfort foods, but I am trying to make the right choices at my grocery store so that my food is something that fuels my body instead of weighing me down! You are what you eat, people!

Please let us know in the comments or on social media if you try our dish! We will like and share! And vote which of the two you would prefer near the top right of our page!

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