I forgot about the joys of silken tofu. Usually I buy a bunch and leave it in the back of my fridge for months and months and months (which is heartless, but cool: the stuff has an incredibly long shelf-life.) Tonight I was grouchy with the munchkins and I felt the need to atone with brownies for the boys and brownie laced breastmilk for the girl. I think everyone went to bed lovin’ me again, because nummy brownies right all wrongs.

Silken tofu replaces eggs and fat and creates a loverly texture, so dense you will not miss the fat. And if you do, you are wrong. And I may fight you.

Healthy Low-Fat Suck-up Brownies

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups brown rice flour (or sub. any wholegrain flour, just omit the guar gum)
• 1/4 tsp guar gum
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 generous tsp cinnamon
• 1 package Lite Silken Tofu (I use Mori-Nu)
• 1 cup cocoa
• 2 tbs flax seeds
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1 cup (or more, to taste) natural dry sweetener
• 1 tsp vanilla (or other extract such as almond, coconut, orange or mint)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit and prep a 9”X13” baking pan with cooking spray.
2. In a small bowl, stir together flour, guar gum, baking powder, and cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In a food processor, blend tofu until smooth. Add cocoa and process until blended. Add flax, apple sauce, sweetener and extract, pulsing to blend with each addition.
4. Slowly add dry ingredients to food processor (in 2 or 3 batches) and blend until thoroughly mixed.
5. Spoon into prepared pan and spread evenly (batter will be very thick).
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Then give them to the people you were mean to. It’ll be ok, we all have our off days.