Healthy butter bean brownies

These brownies are perfect for when you want some squidgy chocolate, but you don't want to eat something heavy and unhealthy. Packed full of fibre and vitamins, they have their own unique texture and taste compared to that of a normal brownie!

Recipe

Makes: 12 pieces

Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

1 can (235g drained weight) butter beans

1/2 cup soya milk

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup almond butter

1/3 cup apple sauce (or pureed apple)

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup cacao powder

Method:

1. Put the butter beans, soya milk, baking soda, honey, almond butter, apple sauce and vanilla extract into a food processor and blend until smooth.

2. Add the flour and cacao powder and blend until smooth.

3. Put the brownie mixture into a baking dish lined with baking paper.

4. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 30-40 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. (Don't worry if there are a few bits of mixture stuck to the stick! It just needs to be solid rather than liquidy.)

5. Take the baking dish out of the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes before removing the brownie from the dish and let it finish cooling on a rack.

6. Enjoy!

Note: You can store the brownies in the fridge for up to 5 days. If they get a bit dry, just heat them up for 30 seconds or so in the microwave, and that will help it to get softer and moister.