These are by far one of my most popular brownie recipes. No gluten, eggs, dairy, or sugar, but still full of that wonderful dark chocolate loveliness. How could any one say no?
{Dark Chocolate Brownies}
Free of gluten, eggs, dairy & sugar.
1/2 banana, mashed
1/4 c. juice (I used apple raspberry)
2 t. vanilla (I like to make my own)
2/3 c. applesauce
1/2 c. cocoa powder
1/2 c. rice flour
1/4 c. tapioca flour
1/4 c. potato starch
1/2 t. guar gum
1 t. baking powder
1/3 c. dairy-free chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325 and line a 9×9 inch baking dish with parchment paper. Cream together banana, juice, vanilla and applesauce. In separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Pour over wet ingredients and mix well until no dry spots remain. Stir in chocolate chips and bake for 15 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
{This recipe is linked to Allergy-Friendly Lunchbox Love, Allergy-Free Wednesdays, Fight Back Friday, Healing With Food Fridays, Simple Meals Friday, What to Do Weekends.}
Pinned this because I definitely have to try them!
What delicious AND healthy brownies! I love the addition of banana and applesauce to the recipe. Thank you so much for sharing your great recipe on Allergy-Free Wednesdays! Be sure to check back next week for recipe highlights (including the top 3 reader choice submissions and hostess favorites).
Be Well!
Could I substitute gelatin or arrowroot instead of the guar gum?
No. . . those really won't do the same thing. You could use xanthan gum, or you could just leave it out all together. The texture will just be a little chewy/gooier. If you try them, please let me know how they come out without it!
will do 🙂
Oh my does this look good. It is a featured post at this next's week Healing With Food Friday. Thanks so much for linking up.
Thanks Jennifer! Glad to share. : )
These look wonderful! I don't have any tapioca flour, is there anything I can substitute?
Thanks! You could sub more potato starch or cornstarch for the tapioca. Hope you enjoy the brownies!
Hi there, these look great, would love to try 'em!
Is there a way to sub the rice, tapioca, potato and guar gum ingredients with oat and / or coconut flour…? If so, how would you do it? I'm still trying to figure out how to sub ingredients successfully. 🙂
Tnx in advance!!
Hmmm…. I would try just using a cup oat flour. If you really want to use coconut flour, maybe cut the oat flour down to 3/4 c. and add just a couple tablespoons of coconut flour. It really soaks up the liquids, so you don't need a lot. They may be a tad crumbly without the guar gum, but I think they're fudgy enough that they should be ok. 🙂 I hope they turn out for you! I might have to go try them with oat flour to see how they work…. 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
I would like to make them whole foods, but I don't care about gluten free. Would another flour work as well? My wife and kids love brownies and I do all of the cooking/baking. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Robert. I can't say for sure how they would come out, but you could try subbing the rice flour, tapioca flour, potato starch, and guar gum for 3/4 cup or so whole wheat/unbleached white, or a cup of oat flour. The texture might be a little different, since rice flour makes things a little chewier than wheat, but for healthy brownies I'm sure it's worth a try! 🙂 Thanks for asking! I hope they turn out for you! 🙂
I’ve got some King Arthur gf all purpose flour lying around. (“King Arthur Gluten-Free Multi-Purpose flour is a mix of white rice and brown rice flours, tapioca starch, and potato starch”) Wondering if I can total up your rice/tapioca/potato ingredients and use that measurement of flour?
That should work fine, Deanna. 🙂