My Black Bean Brownies (low Fat, Low Sugar)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (15 ounce) can organic black beans or 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans
• 3 large eggs (or 2 jumbo eggs)
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 2 -3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 drops liquid stevia (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon agave nectar (to taste)
• 2 -3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (i usually use 2 t., can also sub carob powder)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or 1/4 teaspoon cardamom

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 pour beans into a colander and rinse very, very, very well.
• 3 place drained beans in the large cup of the nutribullet (or use a blender or food processor).
• 4 add eggs, almond milk, vanilla and stevia.
• 5 whiz in nutribullet, blender, etc. until beans are pureed and mixture is smoothly blended.
• 6 pour into a mixing bowl.
• 7 add dry ingredients, mix.
• 8 add agave, mix, taste and add more if desired.
• 9 pour into a greased 8 inch square baking pan.
• 10 bake about 18 to 20 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. (adjust baking time if using a different size pan.
• 11 immediately place the pan in the freezer to cool quickly (about 10-15 minutes - do not try this with a glass baking pan - only metal is safe for this). alternatively you can just let them cool in the pan on a rack, but this will take much longer.
• 12 cut into squares. can refrigerate remaining brownies by covering them with plastic wrap.