What a great way to spruce up some ordinary brownies. I added chopped walnuts to the top and to cut back on the calories and make this have a little deeper flavor I took out the oil and replaced it with zero calorie hazelnut flavoring. By switching it out the brownies turned out a little more cake like but they are super tasty and would go perfectly with a scoop of ice cream but I am just going to stick with my non fat milk to accompany my piece.
Most of my baking I replace the oil with something better, be that zero calorie flavoring or even baby food. It is so much fun to play with ingredients. This one is a basic box brownie mix that called for 1/2 cup of oil and after looking at how many calories are in a serving and then seeing the serving for oil being a table spoon I decided this one needed to be replaced. I happened to have some hazelnut oil with no calories so I happily replaced the oil with that and then followed the rest of the ingredients to a T and it turned out delicious. I even let my daughter have a little taste and she liked it (she doesn't like sweets so her liking this was a big plus for me.) I normally don't give my daughter a whole lot of sweets but from time to time I like to give her a treat and this was hers.
So my toddler gives it her seal of approval and I urge you all to try it. I bet you will never use oil again.
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