Bake Sale Goodies

As I mentioned in my last post I recently tried a new recipe for brownies that I took to a charity bake sale at my work place. I have been looking for a good gluten free recipe for a really fudgy brownie for a long time and never found one that I liked as much as a gluten free brownie mix I loved. This was a recipe that I found in one of my sister-in-law's cookbooks that I read while I was visiting. As this recipe was named Chocolate Truffle Brownies I thought it had a good shot of filling my brownie sweet tooth.

I had never baked with Quinoa flour before and was curious. I found that Quinoa flour can be found in the Organic section of the grocery store and the only one I could find was by Bob's Red Mill.

Gluten Free Chocolate Truffle Brownies
From Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood by Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming

Ingredients:
4oz unsweetened chocolate (4 squares)
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 lg eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups quinoa flour
1/4 milk
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9" square baking pan and lightly sprinkle with flour or line with parchment.

In small saucepan, melt the chocolate & butter together over low heat. Add the sugar, stirring constantly. When the mixture is thoroughly blended pour in to a large bowl. Add the eggs & vanilla to the chocolate mixture and blend well. Stir in the flour & milk. Mix in the nuts. Pour evenly into the baking pan.

Bake on center oven rack for 20 - 22 minutes. To keep these brownies chewy be careful not to over bake. Cool 15 minutes in the pan before cutting into 16 squares.

Since it was for a bake sale I tried to double the recipe and make as many brownies as I could. I doubled the recipe and baked it in an 9" x 13" non stick pan lined with parchment and buttered. This meant it took considerably longer to bake than the recipe called for. I baked it for 50 minutes and then cooled it in the fridge overnight before cutting into squares. The center squares were still fairly soft and gooey but were fine if refrigerated.

The few leftover squares that were left made a wonderful brownie sunday when sliced thinly