Recipe is from August 2007 edition of Cuisine at Home. The recipe calls for walnuts, as usual, I use pecans. For the diabetic, these work very well with 1/2 Splenda and 1/2 sugar with a light dusting of Recipe #241843.
Ingredients: [‘bittersweet chocolate’, ‘unsalted butter’, ‘unsweetened cocoa’, ‘instant coffee granules’, ‘sugar’, ‘unsweetened applesauce’, ‘egg whites’, ‘all-purpose flour’, ‘salt’, ‘baking powder’, ‘walnuts’, ‘powdered sugar’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“4 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped “,”4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed “,”2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa (Dutch Process if you have it.)”,”1 teaspoon instant coffee granules”,”1/2 cup sugar”,”1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce”,”3 egg whites”,”1/3 cup all-purpose flour”,”1/4 teaspoon salt”,”1/4 teaspoon baking powder”,”1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans, toasted, chopped “,” powdered sugar”]
Number of Servings: 12
Steps: [‘Preheat oven to 350 deg.; line the inside of an 8″ baking pan with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.’, ‘Place the chocolate, butter, cocoa and coffee granules in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high power, until melted; stir every 45 seconds of cooking time.’, ‘Stir in sugar, applesauce and egg whites.’, ‘In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt and baking powder until thoroughly combined, stir into chocolate mixture just until mixed well.’, ‘Fold in toasted nuts and pour the batter into prepared pan.’, ‘Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.’, ‘Cool brownies in the pan, then life out and remove the foil.’, ‘Cut into 12 bars and dust lightly with powdered sugar.’]