Chewy Brownies

Wow, so we haven't posted in a year... What a busy year it has been for the both of us! Sorry for the lack of updates, but school is coming to an end, so hopefully this summer brings more recipes. I thought I'd share this nice brownie recipe I used recently. Chocolatey goodness. (They're healthy too!!)

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What you need
1/2 cup of whole wheat flour
1/4 cup of margarine or butter
1 cup of white sugar
6 tbsp of carob powder (substitute with cocoa powder if none on hand)
2 egg-whites (can use whole eggs)
2 tsp of vanilla extract
1/4 tsp of salt

Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Gease an 8-inch square baking pan. Melt butter or margarine over low heat (or in a microwave). Pour into large mixing bowl and stir in carob powder, sugar, salt, flour, and vanilla. Mix in egg whites. Spread the dough evenly into baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before cutting. Enjoy!

Author's note: Carob powder is a much healthier kind of cocoa powder that comes from the carob tree. It has no caffeine and has less sugar. Obviously, you can use cocoa powder if you have that on hand! If you want, you can also add coconut to this mixture. I added about 1/4 cup of coconut. If you're like Tristan and you don't like coconut, you can skip that. Alternatively, if you like a crunch to your brownies, add a cup of chopped walnuts!