Not long after I began cooking gluten-free, I was walking through my local $1 Shop and a book literally fell of the shelf and hit me. There was NO ONE else in the store and I said that God was throwing this book at me, because it literally became a Godsend as I was so lost in all things gluten-free. I began reading about many strange sounding flours, gums, and guars that I had no idea existed before God threw The Gluten-Free Gourmet at me. The author did a fabulous job of explaining all of these strange sounding things and I quickly overcame my fears of these new and foreign sounding things.
Gluten-Free Fudge Brownies
One day I finally got hungry enough that I decided I HAD to have something sweet and chocolately. Imagine my surprise when I found a gluten free fudge brownie recipe that called for BEAN FLOUR! At that time, I didn’t have the GF Mix recipe that I have now, so I used the bean flour. I was amazed at how good the brownies were, with absolutely NO BEAN TASTE, whatsoever. Ever since then, I have used the bean flour to make the brownies. The bean flour actually gives you a little more fiber in your diet and they still taste GREAT! If you’re worried about gas from the bean flour, you can add about 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the dry ingredients. The baking soda will help eliminate the gas through a chemical reaction process inside your body and it’s TOTALLY SAFE!!
I had a pretty finicky bunch of fifth graders that loved these Gluten-Free Fudge Brownies when I was still teaching, so I hope that you will, too! Give them a try and let me know what you think about them!
- ¾ cup Garbzano Bean Flour or GF Mix* (see below)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 squares unsweetened chocolate ** (see below)
- *1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon Egg Replacer
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum*** (see below)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup (1 stick) melted or margarine
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 8"x8" square cake pan.
- In a measuring cup, whisk the GF mix, xantham gum, and Egg Replacer. Set Aside.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate. Remove from heat. Skip the saucepan if you are using cocoa powder and oil. Stir in sugar.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. Stir in flour mixture.
- Spoon the mixture into the cake pan. The mixture will be THICK and you'll need to spread it out, as it is too thick to spread out on its own. Bake for 30 minutes, being careful not to overbake. Since these are a fudge style brownie, using a toothpick to test for doneness will NOT work. The toothpick will almost ALWAYS come out sticky and covered with fudgey brownie!
- Cool before cutting.
This is an easy mix to prepare ahead of time and store so that you just need to add your eggs and oil (if needed) when you ae ready to cook. You could also use powdered egg instead of regular eggs so that you only need to add water. Vanilla powder was another new product that I found in my studies of all things gluten-free. It could be used in place of the liquid vanilla. As the powder is more concentrated than the liquid form, you only need to use 1/2 of the called for vanilla in a recipe.
* Get the GF Mix “recipe” from Dishing It Up: Corn and Cheddar Waffles Go Great With Soup
** Sub for unsweetened chocolate squares – Post #2 – I have never bought the unsweetened chocolate squares, I always use 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate = 3 tablespoons cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening. I also use oil instead of shortening so that I can skip the melting in a saucepan in step #3 above.
** Xanthan Gum replaces the gluten (that adds stickiness and sponginess to dough) found in wheat flours and can be found in health food stores.
There is no mistake in the recipe. It does call for egg replacer AND eggs. It seems like the egg replacer helps to make the brownies rise and give them a fluffier texture, while the eggs provide the moisture needed to bind the ingredients together.
This brownie recipe sounds very tasty. I’ve never tried some of the ingredients, but there is always the first time.
I think this would be a great recipe to try 🙂
Sounds super yummy! Might have to try it!
I will for sure be trying this! I’ve never heard of bean flour but anything that is sweet and yummy it always worth trying!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Xanthan gum? I like how you think! This recipe is worth a try!
It sounds so good! I will have to attempt to make it! 🙂 Thank you for sharing
This sounds pretty yummy! I’ve been searching for gluten free recipes for a family member who recently transitioned to a gluten free diet, so I’m really looking forward to making these for her!
im always up for a challenge of making gluten free taste good and these seem perfect!
Although I don’t generally cook GF, it’s good to have a couple of recipes for standards like brownies up my sleeve. Fortunately, I do have access to a store that sells GF flours, so this is easily do-able for me. Thanks!
I have never heard of bean flour…
This is a very interesting recipe. Im just now getting familiar with gluten free foods so this recipe will be a great one for me to try. It looks good & simple enough to make. Thanks for sharing it!
Sounds good. I have never tried gluten free brownies before
I do not need to eat gluten-free but it is handy to have a few of these recipes as it seems that more and more people are needing to eat gluten-free.
Sure I would try these – why not?
definitely sharing this recipe with my neighbor Meg, whose eldest son has to have a gluten free diet.
I have not made gluten free recipes before, but this one is one I will keep on hand to make as a gift for my gluten free friend! Thanks!
i love the idea of gluten free fudge brownies! i didnt know fudge and gluten free could go together
I will definitely give this recipe a try, as I want to go gluten free.
I have never tried a gluten free recipe
I would try these brownies, mainly just because I like to experiment and I have wanted to try garbanzo bean flour. I would be interested to find out what other recipes I can use it in. Thanks!
Interesting! I’ve never cooked gluten free. I have never heard of bean flour. This is all so new to me.
Sounds like they would be good!
I definitely want to give this recipe a try
can’t say i’d actually try this, but thanks for the recipe! if i ever need to feed a celiac some brownies, i’ll look you up!
Thanks for bringing this healthier alternative for brownies to me and others! Their are so many ppl eating gluten free, that I can use this in my recipe index!
I am amazed at all the different types of flour which can be used instead of standard flour. I was not aware of powder vanilla, however for someone who does not use vanilla often this would be much better to have on hand instead of buying the more expensive smaller bottles of vanilla and having them go bad.
Sounds great!
Since being diagnosed about 5 years ago with celiac disease, I still need to venture out to bake myself! I have done a few recipes..but just basic ones. I would love to try these and that garbanzo bean flour! I so miss good brownies! Cannot wait to try this!
I absolutely love gluten free recipes so I definitely want to give this one a try
I never knew that you could make delicious treats with bean flour. How creative ! Thank you for sharing this good recipe.
Thanks for the recipe. My daughter was just told to try a gluten free diet to help with her migraines and this will be tops on my dessert list!
I definitely would be willing to try these
I personally do not like the after taste of the bean flour. In fact, I had several bags and sold them. It is pretty good mixed with chocolate but beyond that it tastes offensive to me. Thankfully there are other options. The bean flour is the healthier, less calorie option.
love gluten free recipes so yes I want to try this!
I am fortunate enough not to have to follow a gluten free diet. However, it is good to have recipes to be able to make things to serve to people on special diets.
I want to try the recipe
The more I see this gluten free the more I want to investigate. What is gluten?
Dawn – Gluten is a protein in many typical grains like wheat, barley, and rye. Myself, I have an allergy to grains with gluten. It causes me to have a problem with thrush, eczema, digestive issues, and other skin allergies. More about Gluten can be found in this post I wrote: https://dealsfrommsdo.com/dishing-it-up-gluten-free-recipes/
I have never tried using Xanthan Gum or Garbanzo Bean Flour before. I don’t think I would even know how to use them. I think the recipe would be healthy though I don’t know how it would taste myself because i have never used them.
Xanthan Gum is used in gluten free recipes to help replace the gluten to give it a more “normal” texture and consistency. You wouldn’t ever know these brownies were made from bean flower, unless someone told you! They’re YUMMY!