Vegan Banana Brownies

I had bookmarked 'Oat Flour and Beet Brownies' by Madhuram for a long time, but never made it. Probably because I don't like brownies that much. I prefer cake or a cookie over a brownie at any time. I thought of modifying that recipe to use brown rice flour for her Whole Grain Baking - Rice event. As I read the recipe and started to gather things together, it became a different recipe but a very yummy one too. This is probably one of the best brownies I have made.

Here goes my version..

Ingredients:

1. Brown Rice flour - 3/4 cup
2. Light Brown sugar - 1/2 cup packed (You could use granulated sugar instead too)
3. Mashed banana - 1 cup 
4. Unsweetened applesauce - 1/4 cup 
5. Veg or Canola Oil - 1/3 cup
6. Unsweetened Cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
7. Vanilla - 2 tsp
8. Baking powder - 3/4 tsp
9. salt - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Lightly grease an 8 inch square baking pan with vegetable oil spray. Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a bowl, combine rice flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and stir to combine. In another bowl, combine oil, mashed banana, applesauce, vanilla and brown sugar. Whisk to combine. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet mixture and fold together. Don't over mix. Pour into the prepared pan and smooth with the spatula. Bake in the preheated oven for
30 - 35 minutes or till done. Mine was done at 33 minutes. House smelled wonderful when it was baking. Let it cool completely before slicing. I made 16 small pieces out of this. Next time, I think I'll increase the mashed banana quantity and omit applesauce to have more concentrated banana flavor.

I would like to send this entry to  Madhuram's  Whole Grain Baking - Brown Rice.

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