Zucchini Brownies

Trying to redeem myself from last week's very very dry brownies, I spent the whole week looking for brownie recipes. This one from allrecipes.com looks promising. It got very high rating from lots of people. I uses canola oil - not butter - and 2 cups of zucchini! Awesome... Sounds healthy. :P



Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour


• 1 cup whole wheat flour


• 1/2 cup cocoa powder


• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 1/2 cup canola oil


• 1 cup sugar


• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract


• 2 cups shredded zucchini


• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts


• 2 oz. semisweet chocolate - chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9x13 baking pan with non-stick baking spray.


2. In a small bowl, whisk all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together.


3. In a medium bowl, whisk oil, sugar and vanilla until well combined. Pour flour mixture into oil mixture and whisk until combined. The "batter" will be very dry and coarse.


4. Fold in zucchini and walnuts.


5. Pour the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle chopped chocolate on top and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely before serve.

These brownies came out surprisingly tasty and moist - despite no eggs - no butter - no liquid other than oil resulting in dirt-like batter. Will have to try adding coffee to intensify the chocolate flavor the next time.