Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

Our zucchini plants are probably going just as crazy as all of yours! It’s a little hard to spread all that zucchini around, right? Here’s a fabulous Chocolate Zucchini Brownies to try 🙂

Of course, I had to skinny it up but a bit from the original recipe that I found along time ago off the back of a container of Nestle baking cocoa! BUT, you won’t miss one little calorie because these bars are amazing…

Yield: 24

Chocolate Zucchini Brownies...

Ingredients

Brownies:
2 eggs
1/4 C canola oil
1/4 C applesauce
1 1/2 C sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 C flour
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sea salt
2 C shredded zucchini
Chocolate Frosting:
1/4 C butter, browned
5 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
3 C powdered sugar
1/2 C lowfat milk
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Brownies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray with cooking spray and flour a 9x13 baking pan, set aside.
In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, oil, applesauce, sugar, vanilla and mix until light and fluffy.
In a separate bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and mix well.
Add flour mixture 1/2 C at a time to egg mixture, mix well, repeating until completely incorporated.
Add zucchini, mix, pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 25-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let brownies cool about 15-20 minutes then pour on frosting, spread, and cool completely.
Cut into 20-24 bars and enjoy!
Frosting:
In a sauce pan over medium high heat, brown butter until it is slightly browned and aromatic.
Remove from heat.
Add cocoa, mix well with a small wire whisk.
Add 1 C powdered sugar at a time, add milk and vanilla, continue whisking until smooth.
Pour over brownies as directed.