the ooey gooey single serve brownie

The other day I was craving chocolate. Then, they day after that I was craving chocolate again. On the third day, I was again craving chocolate and created a little piece of heaven.



A single serve oooey gooey chocolate brownie. I have zero self control when it comes to brownies - an entire 8 x 8 inch pan of the fudgiest brownies will disappear one small slice at a time in one day. This brownie is the perfect size to satisfy an intense chocolate craving and make you forget about all of your day's frustrations, but it is not, I repeat, is not large enough to share with even the people you love most. :)

I tweaked the original recipe I posted the other day and while I made some notations in that post, I thought I'd repost with some better photos and my changes.



In the mix::

• 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour*
• 2 T brown sugar
• 2 T cocoa powder
• 1/8 t baking powder
• 3 T almond milk
• 1 t canola oil
• 1/4 t vanilla
• pinch salt

In a small bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Stir in wet ingredients until blended. Pour batter into a small oven safe dish (mine was a 6 oz glass ramekin).

Bake in a pre-heated 325* oven for 15 minutes (for an ultra gooey brownie) to 19 minutes (for a slightly less gooey center). Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy!

*Alternately you could do a mix of half whole wheat pastry flour and half all-purpose flour. If you use all whole wheat you can tell in the final product. I don't mind this, but I think some people might.





What could be better than a small bowl of basically warmed brownie batter? I mean seriously...!

pantry and freezer week - day 11

Today was a much better day. Thanks for all the positive energy that was sent my way! I slept in instead of getting up at an ungodly hour to walk the dog. Necessary, however, I would really like to stick to waking up early to walk the dog and then having an uber productive day.

I had the usual oats for breakfast today, but added something that has been hanging out in our freezer for quite some time - blueberry/strawberry and yogurt popsicles. I made these for a game night that we had a long long time ago. Not sure why I haven't thought of adding these to oatmeal before!



Lunch at Rotary was another feast of foods that I wouldn't eat, so I hustled home to create this leaning tower or lentil burgers. Toasted bread, ketchup, mustard, onion, spinach and left over lentil burgers I made the other night. Plus some carrot scaffolding to hold this leaning tower of deliciousness up.



An afternoon snack attack struck around three, and I blended up a few frozen bananas, almond milk and a few spoonfuls of hot chocolate mix to create frozen hot chocolate. A perfect snack...enjoyed just as the first flakes of many inches began to fall.



Although not photogenic, dinner was a great use of leftovers - last night's dinner transformed into chili pizza on homemade crust.

The crust was amazing, slightly sweet (brown sugar) with a little chew (whole wheat flour). And of course I didn't write anything down...just threw a little of this and a sprinkle of that into the bowl. Meh.



I wasn't planning on making dessert, but an after dinner chocolate craving beat out my willpower.

OMG.

Single Serve Gooey Brownie.
Do not share this with anyone, you will regret it after your last bite!



In the mix::

• 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 T brown sugar
• 2 T cocoa powder
• 1/8 t baking powder
• 3 T almond milk
• 1 T canola oil
• 1/2 t vanilla

{edit - I just made this again (February 25th) and cut down the oil to 1 teaspoon and it was still amazing. I also added a pinch of salt, which I am sure I did yesterday, just forgot to write it down. I baked it at 325* for 15 minutes and it was the perfect ratio of cooked v. gooey brownie. Holla for a healthier ooey gooey single serve brownie!}

In a small bowl, mix dry ingredients. Stir in wet ingredients until blended. Bake at 350* for 17 minutes - until the sides are set but the middle is slightly jiggly.



DO NOT SHARE.

I've updated the recipe + photos here.