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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1/2 cup diet margarine
1 1/4 cup sugar replacement
1 square unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream margarine and sugar replacement
until light and fluffy. Place chocolate in aluminum foil; melt over
boiling water. Stir chocolate into margarine mixture; beat until smooth.
Beat in vanilla and eggs. Sift and stir together flour and baking powder;
add nuts; stir this mixture into chocolate mixture until smooth. Grease an
8" square pan; pour in batter; bake until brownies are shiny, about 30
minutes. Cool in pan; cut into 16 pieces. Serve cool.
Nutritional information per brownie: calories - 100 Diabetic exchanges
per brownie: 1/2 Bread, 1 1/2 Fat
FROM: Recipes for Diabetics by Billie Little copyright 1990
Servings: 16
Diet Brownies Divine Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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