The other night I wanted to make a cake but I had no flour. I also didn’t have any ground almonds. So having googled flourless cakes I came across a recipe which used black beans. Well I didn’t have any of those either, BUT I did have some butter beans so I thought well why not?
And so I made a chocolate butter bean brownie. Now I have to say that you would not guess that this didn’t contain flour or that it used butter beans instead. The brownie was rich, dense and chewy and moist – perfect! So here are my brownies if you fancy trying them
Makes 12 (based on my size portions!)
Oven Temperature : 180oC / 160oC (fan)
Cooking Time : 30 – 35 minutes + 3 minutes
You will need:
1 large tin of butter beans
3 large eggs: 2 eggs and 1 egg yolk and 1 egg white
60ml melted butter/vegetable oil
150g sugar
75g cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g chocolate chips (I used caramel ones as that was all I had, but normal will do)
150g marshmallows (I used white mini ones)
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
Grease and line an 8inch square baking tin
Drain the butter beans and mash well with a fork.
Add the butter, eggs and yolk, sugar, vanilla extract and cocoa powder to the butter beans and blend well to combine all of the ingredients.
In a clean bowl add the egg white and whisk until stiff
Then fold the egg white into the brownie batter
Pour the batter into the prepared baking tin and cook in the oven for 30-35 minutes until just centre in the middle
Remove from the oven and scatter the marshmallows over the top
Then scatter your chocolate chips over the top of the marshmallows
Then return to the oven for about 3 minutes to allow the marshmallows and chocolate chips to melt and go gooey
Once cooled remove from your baking tin and cut into slices – as big or as little as you fancy
It really is very yummy and the toasted marshmallows with the melted fudgey chocolate chips on top add a real lovely sticky and gooey flavour to the chocolatey brownies.
I had some friends visit the next day and neither they or their children made any comments about the brownies other than how nice they were!
So it appears that chocolate butter bean brownies really are a hit!
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Thank you xx
Thank you xx
I love all your scrumptious creations…can I suggest a future “I Love cake” theme? Eggless anything. I am so tempted to learn how to bake, but with the egg restriction I find it so hard. You have managed flourless and you are the queen of it so I wonder if you and your posse can show me the way. x
Brilliant idea, I love butter beans anyway, possibly the only one who does, but the idea of making brownies with them really does appeal, I’m going to give this a go. Thanks.
Wow, definately on my list to try 🙂
ooooh fantastic..I want some 🙂
Hmmm I think I may have to try this, I have awful memories of being made to eat Butter beans as a child. So I am really intrigued to see for myself that you really can’t taste them!
What a brilliant idea! The brownies look delicious, I will have to experiment and give them a go 🙂