Tis a Season of Giving | Bird’s Brownie Bounty!
We’re in the thick of it now my friends! Christmas will be here with the blink of an eye!
Those of you who know me know I love to bake and make gifts for friends and family. It doesn't even have to be a holiday, I just enjoy sharing tasty treats! You mention chocolate and I’m all over it! It seems like I buy dark chocolate by the case!
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This season I’m still experimenting with sugar alternatives. I’ve tried many but I’m still not convinced. My latest experiment has been with Swerve. Swerve or erythritol is a granular sweetener made from plants/citrus. So far I haven’t noticed any odd aftertaste in recipes and knowing it is a natural sweetener which does not affect blood sugar it’s certainly worth a try.
Brownies were on my mind…
which I can credit to my daughter. Gotta love facetime! We talk just about every day and it gives me the opportunity to “talk” with my grandson. At 1 ½ years old he has quite a bit to say, unfortunately he’s the only one who know what he’s trying to tell me. He does understand cookies and muffins though. She’s always whipping up some healthy baked goodie and yesterday it was brownies. This week I want to share something special with my friends at our monthly book group gathering. These will be perfect, just a bite will do!
Turn on your favorite holiday tunes, let’s get started!
Grab the dark chocolate…
chips (just one cup) and butter (6 tbsp.) and using your favorite saucepan melt both completely . Surprisingly these brownies are pretty quick to make so if you’re looking for a quick dessert to share, this will work! Don’t forget to stir often; burned chocolate is not what you’re looking for! Now add ¾ cup erythritol and stir. By the way, this granular sweetener can be substituted 1 to 1 with any of the standard sugars. If you want to try it in one of your favorite recipes please do, I would love to hear your results!
With a whisk…
(or fork) add 2 fresh eggs (or egg substitute), 1 tablespoon Cacao powder and 3 tablespoons Tapioca starch. The batter is nice and smooth now let’s add about ½ cup chopped pecans.
Creamy chocolate…
Delicious-ness in a parchment lined baking pan! Try not taste too much! Baked for 30 minutes at 350 degrees, it’s done when an inserted toothpick comes out clean!
They’re not brownies…
without the icing! First I had to let them cool completely. This icing is simple; just combine ¾ cup full fat coconut milk with 1 cup dark chocolate chips in a saucepan. When melted, pour the icing over the cooled brownies, top with ½ cup chopped pecans and refrigerate overnight.
Tis the season my friends! Enjoy!
Nothing brings me more pleasure than sharing healthy treats with my friends and family. These brownies will make the short list for my Holiday gifts this year. Luckily I’ll be giving these to my friends tomorrow; they’re already too popular around the Bird nest! Erythritol was a success, I hope you’ll try it and let me know what you think. Holidays treats are so packed with unhealthy sugars, I’m encouraged this sweetener isn’t overly sweet. Thanks for stopping by!
And as always, blessings to you all!
These brownies look yummy!
Have a great week.
Thank you @redheadpei :) So glad you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by!
Chocolate and nuts, you have sold me on this great recipe @birdsinparadise looks super yummy.
I know, nothing better than chocolate and nuts right? Thank you @joanstewart, so glad you stopped by! :)
Those brownies just look scrumptious!
Some years ago I used erythritol for making homemade ice cream. I was heavily into cutting as much carbs as I could, and I was craving some ice cream pretty bad. It turned out pretty good, but it took a lot of it to get the ice cream sweet enough.
I'm glad to hear you tried it @free-reign, this was my first experiment with it. I like the flavor, it's definitely not sweety-sweet but works well with the dark chocolate. I haven't used it making ice cream, I'll have to try it! Thanks so much :)
These look soooo delicious my friend, I must look out for Erythritol! Yep you're so right, Christmas is upon us;) Well deserved rewards!
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Oh, you have nailed this one right to the wall again! They look amazing and knowing that you have used a sweetener that you cannot taste the difference? Bonus! Diabetes runs in my family, so I am always looking for ways to pass on these recipes to the family.
I love that it looks like a fudge bites to me, something I adore, but, make only occasionally!
I cannot tell you how many of your recipes (and Lena's Katies and Lizelles) recipes I stockpile and pull out. I had always cooked for taste and to fill that square, but, you people have made it into a love affair for me.
Each meal and presentation is everything! OMG.
Thank you for being so wonderful and sharing your goodness with us! Always appreciated!
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Oh thank yoou @dswigle :) You are so amazing, your kind words mean so much to me! I have to tell you I shared these with my book club today and one of the gals has diabetes! She was thrilled to know she could eat them and she loved them :) I hope you'll let me know if you try them, I would lovev to hear! btw Swerve is made as granular white and brown sugar!! I'm really having fun with it!
Hi @birdsinparadise. Why you want to do that to me? Don't you know I'm a Chocoholic, through and through. It's my nemisis. I struggle with my Diabetes because of it. My first love is chocolate chip cookies.
I made myself look at your post, lol.
Thanks for your recipe. I love how simple it is.. I will share it with my family. Have a great holiday, and take care.
lol, well you're in luck my friend, these are made with Swerve which is a granular sweetener that does not affect blood sugar!!!! It's perfect for those with diabetes...how great is that! I'm lookin out for you girl, because I'm a chocolate lover too! Gotta keep my waist feathers slim and trim so I am always hunting for healthy sweet alternatives :) I hope you'll try this. (btw...you can find swerve in most of the larger stores, and if not good old Amazon! :) Thanks for your sweet words!
Perfect. I will look for Swerve and try the recipe. Probably won't turn out as good as yours look, but I'll eat them anyway. Girl, you know it's a sin to waste chocolate, lol.
Nice engaging with you. Keep looking out for me. Anything chocolate, I'm game. Bake me some chocolate chip cookies and send via Amazon. 1 day delivery.
Take care.
These look so good and I would try them I could get away with eating one or two of them without triggering my allergy to chocolate but they look so good I know I couldn't stop with one or two LOL
noooooo I can't believe you're allergic to chocolate! I am so sorry @tattoodjay, such a tragedy. Hey, they're sugar free though, lol so if you had one, two or three, it wouldn't hurt the waistline! :) Thanks @tattoodjay!
Ohh yeah Easter when I was a kid was terrible in a way but good in a way my siblings would pig out and eat all theres in a day while I was only allowed one, but then a week later when I was having one a day they had none LOL
Those chocolate ones look amazing, and you using alternative sugar is really good..
Thanks @wales! Trying to balance sweet treats with healthy treats is tricky...I'm up for alternatives and this one worked well. We'll see how it works with other recipes :)