Although I've started eliminating wheat products from our diet, it is still a work in progress. I don't want to dismay my family with changes all at once. Yesterday, I made brownies without the benefit of wheat flour and they came out very well. Unless you knew about the omission of wheat flour, it would be hard to detect. Thought I'd share it with you as it works for any diet.
Gluten-Free Brownies
1/2 cup almond flour
1/3 cup brown rice flour
1 cup bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips
6 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
2 large eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an approximately 8x8" baking pan with parchment paper.
Combine the almond and rice flour and set aside.
Melt the chocolate and butter together and let cool down a bit. Stir in the sugar, vanilla, and orange zest. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time until fully incorporated. Stir in the flour mixture until just mixed. Add the walnuts
Spread the batter into the prepared pan and even it out. Bake approximately 25 minutes (but check at 15 minutes as oven do differ!) or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean with a few moist crumbs. Cool on a rack before cutting. The use of the parchment paper should enable you to lift the cooled brownies out of the pan for easier cutting.
These are rich and go a long way. I served mine with a scoop of peppermint ice cream.
Rice and almond flour can be found on-line or at health food stores. If you have a good blender, you can actually grind your own but make sure you get it fine enough to avoid extra 'crunch' in your final product!
