Garbanzo Bean Brownies

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ c. carob semisweet chips* or Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips (for Gluten-free)
• 2 c. garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 4 eggs
• 1 c. organic rapadura or turbinado sugar**
• ½ tsp baking powder (use gluten-free baking powder)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a small bowl melt carob chips in microwave for 2 minutes.
3. In blender or food processor, combine beans and eggs.
4. Add sugar, baking powder, and chocolate, process until smooth.
5. Pour batter into a 9” or 8X8” non-stick pan.
6. Bake for 45 minutes.

*You can use regular chips instead of carob if you don’t like the flavor of carob chips.

**I made the brownies with brown rice syrup instead of sugar. I used between ¾ of a cup and 1 cup. I read online that some other people experimented with less egg yolk.

Recipe courtesy of Kristen Ullrich, CHHC