Healthier Zucchini Brownies
A great way to get more veggies into my little boy - and a tasty (nearly guilt-free) treat for me! This is a combination of other brownie recipes I've read, with an eye to make it healthier: less oil and refined sugars, plus whole wheat flour! By pureeing the zucchini and using prunes to get a dark, rich color, no one will ever know there's veggies in the brownies! Who knew that gigantic zucchini would turn into dessert?
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Cook's Notes:
These are somewhere between a cake and a brownie. Not a SUPER fudgy brownie, but not a cakey one either. Moist and delicious - not to mention healthy!
A regular blender will probably work for this, you just might need to run for longer. I have a Vitamix(R) and it took about 2 minutes total to blend everything. If using a food processor or other unmarked container, pour the zucchini puree into a 4-cup (or larger) measuring cup and then add prunes until the puree reaches the 3-cup mark. Then dump it all back in the processor and blitz away. You want the zucchini/prune/chocolate mixture to be smooth before you pour it onto the flour.
Feel free to use pecans in place of walnuts.