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    Home » By Category » Bakes » Brownies

    Published: Dec 1, 2014 · Modified: Nov 19, 2015 by Usha Rao

    Fudgy Zucchini Brownies

    Three years ago Champa started an event called Bake-a-Thon where she did a month long baking marathon in the month of December. Following year, she modified the rules and made it 3 days a week for the month of December. This year Champa is not going to join the bake-a-thon and Valli asked some of us if we would be interested in joining her. Since it is only 3 days a week, it sounded doable and I am joining the group of bakers for this year's Bake-a-Thon. This month I will be posting a bake every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, a total of 14 bakes starting today and ending on the 31st.

    Chocolate brownies.

    For the first bake, I have fudgy zucchini brownie that can easily be made vegan. In fact it is a vegan recipe but I substituted non vegan ingredients just for convenience. I used regular chocolate chips instead of vegan chocolate chips and dairy butter instead of non-dairy butter. I was surprised there is something called vegan chocolate! That is something new I learned from this recipe! I will look out for this vegan chocolate next I go chocolate shopping!

    Zucchini Chocolate brownie on a plate.

    Other than the above mentioned substitution of ingredients, I followed the recipe as given. Oh, I made half the recipe and since I did not have a small square pan, I baked the brownie in a 6″ round pan. I love chocolate and I liked this fudgy brownie though it was a bit on the sweeter side. Despite having a sweet tooth, it was a bit too sweet for me. That could be because I used semi-sweet chocolate chips. Though my apple sauce says no sugar added, I am unsure if the sweetness was from the apple sauce or the semi-sweet choco chips. Regardless, we liked the brownie and finished it off the same day.

    Chocolate Brownie on a plate.

    Sources: here
    Total Time: 50 – 65 minutes
    Preparation: 10 – 15 minutes
    Bake Time: 40 – 50 minutes
    Yields: 9

    Ingredients:

    • 4 oz. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (for vegan, use vegan chocolate chips)
    • ½ stick ~ ¼ cup Unsalted Butter (for vegan, non-dairy butter)
    • ¾ cup Granulated Sugar (check note below)
    • 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
    • 1 cup shredded Zucchini (unpacked) or ¾ medium – large Zucchini shredded
    • ¼ cup Applesauce
    • ½ cup (63-65 grams) All Purpose Flour
    • ¼ tsp. Baking Powder
    • ¼ tsp. Salt

    Preparation:

    • Pre-heat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper so that it hangs over each side. Spray cooking spray and keep aside. I did not have a small square pan and used a 6” round pan. If making double the recipe, use 8×8” pan.
    • In a double broiler melt chocolate and butter stirring it occasionally until melted. I placed a glass bowl with chocolate & butter on a saucepan of boiling/steaming water and melted the chocolate. Once the chocolate bowl is placed on a saucepan, put the flame on simmer. Once the chocolate melts, keep it aside and let it cool for about 10 minutes.
    • Grate or shred the zucchini and puree it in a blender with applesauce.
    • Take a bowl and mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Keep it aside.
    • Add sugar to chocolate mixture and mix it well.
    • Add zucchini puree to chocolate mixture and stir.
    • Stir in vanilla extract.
    • Fold in the flour to the chocolate mixture.
    • Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for 40 – 50 minutes. I baked for 40 minutes. The brownie is going to be soft, little gooey and should be slightly under baked. When a knife or tooth pick inserted in the middle should come out moist with crumbs sticking to it.
    • Cool the brownie cake completely before cutting. It will take 30 minutes to up to an hour for it to cool. I cut my brownies ½ hour into to cooling as I wanted to take some pictures before the sunset. 🙂
    • When ready to cut the brownie, pull out the brownie cake by pulling up the parchment paper. Cut the cake into 1 ½“ – 2” pieces. Since I used a round pan, I trimmed off the corners to make it a square and then cut it into smaller squares.
    • Serve the brownies as it is or with some vanilla ice-cream.

    Note:

    • Sugar – Brownies were too sweet for my taste. I used semi-sweet chocolate chips and next time I will either use less sugar or look for unsweetened chocolate chips.
    • Pan - I used a 6″ round pan as I did not have a small square or rectangular pan. For double this recipe, one would need a 8×8″ pan.

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    1. Veena says

      January 04, 2015 at 10:36 pm

      These brownies are so tempting Usha! Awesome clicks

      Reply
    2. PJ says

      January 01, 2015 at 10:16 am

      I was looking out for one such recipe and now I have yours.Looks so sinful!

      Reply
    3. Pavani says

      December 06, 2014 at 6:06 pm

      Love the idea of adding zucchini to brownies -- makes it less guilty to eat 🙂
      Lovely clicks Usha, brownie looks too tempting in the pics 😉

      Reply
    4. sarita says

      December 05, 2014 at 10:48 am

      That's awesome usha! I can't take eyes off from these pics...Delicious brownies.

      Reply
    5. Farin ahmed says

      December 03, 2014 at 9:00 am

      such a tempting browniers

      Reply
    6. Chef Mireille says

      December 02, 2014 at 6:02 pm

      these look so moist - wish I had one now

      Reply
    7. Priya says

      December 02, 2014 at 1:04 pm

      I knw how fudgy and delicious this brownies will be, drooling here again..Tooo irresistible.

      Reply
    8. Priya Srinivasan says

      December 02, 2014 at 6:03 am

      Those brownies look so sinful usha!! And your clicks making it more tempting! !

      Reply
    9. snehadatar says

      December 02, 2014 at 5:51 am

      OMG these brownies are so tempting and I can't stop drooling over them.

      Reply
    10. Srivalli says

      December 02, 2014 at 3:33 am

      You have got such sinful looking brownies Usha..and that too with zucchinis..very nice!

      Reply
    11. JayanthiSindhiya says

      December 01, 2014 at 7:16 pm

      Brownies looks stunning

      Reply
    12. Varada says

      December 01, 2014 at 10:59 am

      Brownies turned out great Usha! I would never have guessed they were made with zucchini.

      Reply

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