Black Bean Chocolate Cookies Low Carb Food

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (LOW-CARB, LOW GI, GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Combine the first seven ingredients (beans through baking powder) in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Stir in the egg, chocolate chips, and walnuts (if desired).
• Pour into muffin tin, bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
• ** to make Vegan brownies, replace the egg with a flax egg, and chocolate chips with Vegan chocolate chips.

BLACK BEAN FUDGE -- LOW CARB AND HEALTHY

Steps:

• Put all ingredients (except salt) in high-powered blender (like a VitaMix) or food processor and process until totally smooth. I do not recommend using a normal blender, because mixture will be very thick and really hard to process.
• Line an 8"x4" loaf pan with saran wrap, or place saran wrap on a plate, and transfer fudge mixture to pan, pressing down firmly. If forming on a plate, form a rectangle and smooth edges as much as possible. Sprinkle with a little bit of coarsely ground sea salt. Place in the refrigerator, and let set for at least 1 hour, or until totally firm. Slice into 24 squares (approx 1" squares), and serve!
• Store in the refrigerator for up to 5-6 days (but it won't last that long!). For longer storage, cut fudge squares can be frozen, and defrosted in the refrigerator or at room temperature until thawed. DO NOT microwave the frozen fudge to defrost it unless you want fudge sauce; the oil will melt!
• VARIATION:.
• Mint fudge: add 1/2-1 tsp mint extract along with other ingredients, and blend as directed.
• Nutty fudge: add 2-4 Tbsp chopped nuts to mixture after blending or substitute 1-2 Tbsp of coconut oil with nut/seed butter.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (LOW-SAT FAT, LOW-SUGAR, LOW-CARB)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray an 8x8 square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Combine the black beans, egg substitute, canola oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, Splenda and instant coffee granules (if using) in a blender; blend until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish. At this point, you can also sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the mixture, if you're not watching your calories.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges start to pull away from the side of the pan, about 30 minutes.
• I've also noticed that the texture gets better after being refrigerated.

BLACK BEAN CHOCOLATE COOKIES -- LOW CARB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Lined two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a food processor add all the ingredients except chocolate chips. Blend until smooth. The batter should be similar to a thick mousse. Add chocolate chips and incorporate into the batter (don't use the food processor for this though unless you want the chips chopped up).
• Using a spoon or cookie scoop place 16 dollops of batter on the cookie sheets. Use a spoon to flatten the cookies into round shapes like in the pictures.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes (they should still be a little soft when you remove them from the oven). Set a side a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.