Jul
2012
Coconut Brownies Recipe
With my son having nut allergies and most brownie mixes being processed in the same plants, the kids have never really had brownies before. Sure we tried a no nut, dairy, or egg mix but I can tell you that the kids really didn’t enjoy them and it ended with me essentially blowing 5 or 6 bucks on it.
I was shopping and had a craving for some coconut goodies. I really love coconut. Almond Joys are seriously the best of both worlds for me. But since Almonds are a no-no in our home I decided to look up how to make coconut brownies. I mean it couldn’t be too hard but I also had never made non mixed brownies before. The first recipe that came up was one from Hersheys. Since I had bought Unsweetened Cocoa Powder earlier in the day, I figured why not!
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter (Melted)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup Sweetened Coconut Flakes (divided)
Directions
- Turn on oven to 350 degrees.
- Melt Butter. While melting in a bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together.
- Mix together butter, sugar and vanilla in a medium sized bowl. Then add eggs and mix well.
- Slowly add the flour mix into the medium bowl.
- Once is blended well, add 3/4 cup of coconut. Spread evenly in pan and sprinkle the top with remaining coconut.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 Brownie(12 servings):
- 189 Calories
- 7g Carbs
- 10g Fat
- 3g Protein
- 55mg Sodium
They were really delicious and totally hit the coconut spot. The sodium was pretty good on them, although, I would still love to get some no sodium baking powder even though it didn’t add much to it. I went with the unsalted butter as well since I was adding salt to the recipe there wasn’t need to have it salted. I would love to find a way to cut down in the amount of fat. I know my personal goal is 59 or under a day so to find a way to cut back in that area would be fantastic. They were really gooey and just an all around wonderful recipe to try. I can’t wait to make them again for the whole family!
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I’m a stay at home mom of two young crazy kids. I’m also married to the love of my life. I blog at The Baby Birthing Mama about my son’s food allergies, my fitness journey, and parenthood in general! If you can relate I would love to hear from you or you can talk to me on Twitter: @bbybirthingmama and Facebook: The Baby Birthing Mama.
Cristin Cogen
July 18, 2012 at 5:27 pm (308 days ago)I can almost smell the wonderful flavours from these. Great recipe and I’ll be sure to try it out as soon as possible (quite anxious to actually)
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