Fudgy Brownies

Fudgy Brownies
(From Perfect Light Desserts)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup alkalized (Dutch process) cocoa powder
1 cup AP flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

One nine inch square pan, sprayed with vegetable cooking spray and lined with wax or parchment paper

Set a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Sift the cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. In a medium mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with a large rubber spatula. Beat in the brown sugar, egg whites, applesauce, and vanilla, one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Stir in the dry ingredients with a large rubber spatula. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake the brownies for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center emerges with moist crumbs clinging to the tester. Cool in the pan on a rack for about 5 minutes then invert to a rack and peel off the paper. Invert again and cool completely.

This was an interesting recipe. I baked the batter in a lined muffin tin, and baked for about 20 minutes until it was done. However, this wasn't the brownie I was expecting. It was more like a moist, dense, chocolate cupcake. It was good, it just wasn't a brownie. So I'm still on a brownie hunt. At least they're kind of healthy!