Recipe - Midnight Fudge Brownies

1 teaspoon Instant espressocoffee
powder
Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoon Margarine or butter
Three fourths cup Sugar
One fourth cup Dark corn syrup
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 lg Egg whites

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 8" by 8" metal baking pan with
nonstick cooking spray. In cup, dissolve espresso powder in 1 teaspoon hot
water; set aside.

2. In large bowl, with wire whisk, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, and
salt.

3. In 2quart saucepan, melt margarine or butter over low heat. Remove
saucepan from heat. With same whisk, mix in sugar, corn syrup, vanilla
extract, egg whites, and espresso mixture until blended. With wooden spoon,
stir sugar mixture into flour mixture just until blended (do not overmix).

4. Pour batter into pan. Bake brownies 18 to 22 minutes, until toothpick
inserted in center of pan comes out almost clean. Cool brownies in pan on
wire rack at least 1 hour. When cool, cut brownies into 4 strips, then cut
each strip crosswise into 4 pieces. If brownies are difficult to cut, use
knife dipped in hot water and dried.

Each brownie: About 100 calories, 2 g protein, 19 g carbohydrate, 2 g total
fat (0 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 85 mg sodium.

Copyright © 1996 The Hearst Corporation; all rights reserved

collected by Pat Hanneman (kitpath)

Notes: Delicious, moist, and lowfat a slim 100 calories and 2 grams of
fat each, compared to a regular fudge brownie with 190 calories and 11 fat
grams (3 grams saturated). Serve with icecold skim milk for a luscious
treat. | Work Time: 15 minutes plus cooling | Total Time: 33 to 37 minutes

Buster for McRecipe by Pat Hanneman (kitpath) feb98

Recipe by: Homearts recipe archive

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Feb 26,
1998