Chocolate-Free Brownies (MCAS/Low Histamine)
Missing that ooey, gooey sweet hit from your favourite chocolate brownie since you started on an MCAS diet? No worries, Chef Kit has you covered! Try these quick and easy brownies to really hit the spot, and you can always freeze them for later... if they last that long.
Servings: 12
Calories: 210kcal
Equipment
- Oven set to 180C/350F
- Brownie tin 25cm/12" square
- Small saucepan
- Grinder/blender/Mortar and pestle to grind flaxseeds into powder
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 185 g butter or equivalent alternative coconut oil, etc
- 40 g Carob powder
- 4 Flaxseed eggs 7g Flaxseed : 20ml water per 'egg'
- 120 g Maple syrup
- 100 ml milk cow or plant
- 80 g Gluten Free flour recommend Caputo Fioreglut
- 40 g Coconut flour
- 40 g Chestnut flour
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C, and line a square/brownie tin (25cm).
- Blend flaxseed into a fine powder, add water and set aside to thicken.
- Place butter in a small saucepan and melt over a low heat, when two-thirds melted add the maple syrup and mix together. Remove from heat.
- Once thoroughly mixed, add carob powder and whisk gently to incorporate to make a thick 'chocolately' batter.
- Put all the flours into a mixing bowl, add the salt. Gently whisk the flaxseed eggs into the butter batter, and pour into the flour.
- Carefully mix the batter into the flours, and transfer to the prepared tin.
- Bake for approximately 25-30mins. Check with a skewer, and leave to cool completely in the tin before lifting out and cutting into portions.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 12 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 210 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 14.8g | 19% |
| Saturated Fat 9.1g | 46% |
| Cholesterol 33mg | 11% |
| Sodium 3350mg | 146% |
| Total Carbohydrate 17.6g | 6% |
| Dietary Fiber 2.1g | 8% |
| Total Sugars 7.7g | |
| Protein 1.9g | |
| Vitamin D 13mcg | 64% |
| Calcium 56mg | 4% |
| Iron 1mg | 6% |
| Potassium 89mg | 2% |
| *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice. | |