| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 10 min |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 9 brownies |
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1/2 cup dry light brown lentils
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup natural applesauce
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup creamy almond butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mist an 8-inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- Add dry lentils and 1 cup water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until lentils are tender and most of the liquid is gone, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Add oats, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt to a food processor. Pulse until a fine flour forms and the oats are completely smooth.
- Add cooked lentils (and any leftover liquid), applesauce, honey, almond butter, vanilla and egg and process until a smooth batter forms. Using a spoon, fold in at least 1 cup of the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter in the prepared baking dish and even out the top using a spatula. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips over the top. Bake for about 25 minutes. Let cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 9 servings |
| Calories | 297 |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 43 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Sugar | 26 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Cholesterol | 18 mg |
| Sodium | 155 mg |
Reviews
These turned out pretty well! Subbed mashed banana for the applesauce, maple syrup for honey and abuelita chocolate powder for cocoa powder. Would make these again 🙂
Absolutely delicious, can’t wait to make it again.
Absolutely delicious, I would have never guessed there were lentils in here! Will definitely make again!
The texture on these is pretty great, and I think that they have great potential. The reason that I docked a star is because I don’t find them to be sweet enough, but I really think that it would be very easy to make them a five by adding in a little more sweetener of your choice.
I must admit that I did make some other changes – I know that makes my review a bit less helpful, but here they are.
I processed the dry ingredients as instructed until a flour-like consistency. I used green lentils rather than brown ones, and cooked them for more like 35 minutes. I blended them with the cooking water in a magic bullet with more like 1/3 a cup of peanut butter until smooth. I added these with the apple sauce and honey to a mixing bowl. I added in two “flax eggs” (2tbsp ground flax seed, 5tbsp water, let sit for at least 5 minutes) in place of the hen’s egg, because I have a ton of flax on hand and want to use it up. I increased the amount of vanilla (because I never measure vanilla) and stirred the batter together by hand with 3/4 of a bar of chopped white chocolate, then sprinkled the remaining white chocolate on top. I baked for an extra 7 minutes.
My kids loved this. I don’t have to feel guilty giving this to my kids… Even for breakfast!
These are delicious! I didnt notice there were lentils in the brownie. I added walnuts, which I liked. It does have a chunkier texture, but that could also be due to my dinky 3 cup food processor. Definitely worth a try if you’re looking for a healthier brownie
Great recipe! I have made these several times. I added a teaspoon of cinnamon to the dry ingredients because I love the combination of cinnamon and cocoa and it was a hit.
These brownies are absolutely delicious. I do add 3 dates to make them a little sweeter. I have 2 double batches in the 2 weeks since I saw the recipe on the kitchen. I have given them to so many people to try and I get raves reviews from everyone, including children.
I made this recipe after watching an episode of the kitchen where they raved about them.
Personally I thought they were awful.
They claimed that they taste exactly like a normal brownie… Which they do not
They tasted very very very very very very very very very healthy… But nothing like a brownie
I did Anticipate that they may be a little less than a typical brownie but not this bad.
was skeptical at first, but they turned out pretty good! they taste like a brownie, the texture of mine is a little chuncky but more like a brownie with nuts. will def make again!