Fudgy Beet Brownie
These Beet Brownies are moist and fudgy. You will love the depth and enhanced flavour of chocolate in this beet brownie recipe, plus the added health benefits of beets.
Servings: 8
Calories: 343kcal
Equipment
- blender
- baking dish
Ingredients
Beet puree ingredients
- 150 g beets 1 large or 2 small beets
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp milk
Brownie cake ingredients
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 2 eggs large
- ½ cup vegetable oil or 2/3 melted butter
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- beet puree
Instructions
- Puree (cooked) beets in a blender with sour cream and milk until smooth.
- Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a baking dish or line a 8x8x2 baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium-size bowl sift flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt to combine
- In a separate bowl, beat eggs, vegetable oil, pureed beets, until well blended.
- Add the dry ingredients in four additions to the bowl of wet ingredients. Mix just until combined. Do not overmix. Pour in a prepared baking pan.
- Bake for about 25-35 minutes in preheated oven or until the top no longer looks wet. Let it cool before slicing.
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Notes
To peel the beets:
To peel raw beets, it’s better to do it in the sink, it can easily stain surfaces. Use a vegetable peeler to peel the beets. Use gloves if you don’t want your hands to get stained.
To peel cooked beets, use a spoon or back of the bread knife to scrape the skin off, then run it with cold water.
To cook the beets: You can boil, steam, roast and grill the beets. For this recipe boil or steam method is recommended. It depends on the sizes of the beets. small-size beets usually will cook for 15 to 20 minutes, medium-size beets will cook for 25 to 35 minutes, and large-size beets for 45 to 1 hour.
To boil: Submerged the beets in a pot, bring to a boil, cover and cook until tender and still firm but not mushy tender. Test it by piercing with a fork.
To steam: almost the same as boiling, fill it with enough water, place the beets in the steamer’s basket, bring to a boil, cover and cook until tender. It might cook a bit longer than boiling.
After cooking the beets, to stop the cooking process, soak them in icy water.
Nutrition
Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 216mg | Potassium: 227mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 104IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg