Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 50 minutes
- Preparation: 20 minutes
- Cooking: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Rolled Oats - ground to flour
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder - +2 teaspoons
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- Salt - a pinch
- 1/2 cup Peanut Butter - or almond butter
- 1/2 cup Apple puree - (peeled
- 1-1/2 cups Bottle gourd (lauki) - grated
- 1/4 cup Walnuts - chopped
- 1/4 cup Cranberries - chopped
- 1/2 cup Chocolate chips
- 4 tablespoons Honey
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Chocolate ganache - or Chocolate sauce as needed (optional)
Instructions
- To begin making Fruit And Nut Lauki Brownies Recipe, prep all the ingredients and keep them ready and handy
- Grease and line a square brownie dish and set aside
- Also keep the oven on preheating mode at 175 C for about 10 minutes
- Meanwhile, beat the nut butter (peanut butter or almond butter, apple sauce made by cooking the apple, grinding and pureeing them, vanilla extract and honey together in a bowl till it looks and feels homogenous
- Add grated lauki into this and mix well
- In another mixing bowl, mix together oat flour, salt, cocoa powder and baking soda
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients together
- This should yield a thick batter
- Toss the walnuts, cranberries and chocolate chips in 1-2 teaspoons cocoa powder and incorporate into the batter
- The batter should not be very runny
- You can adjust consistency with one or two teaspoons of oats flour if the batter is thin
- Transfer the batter into the brownie dish and bake in a 175 C preheated oven for 28-30 minutes or until done
- Insert a skewer in the middle of the dish to check if it is baked thoroughly
- If the skewer comes clean, the brownie is done
- Or else, you can continue baking for a couple of more minutes till done
- Cool on a wired rack
- Cut into slices and then top the brownie with chocolate sauce/ganache and serve
- This Fruit And Nut Lauki Brownies Recipe can also be served as a party dessert after a meal like Orange Flavored Barbecue Chicken With Fresh Salad Recipe during a barbeque party at home, or after a meal of Fettuccine Pasta with Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce Recipe with your family and friends
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Continental
- Dessert
- Vegetarian