A recipe gone wrong can be so right!

I have always been interested in turning my favourite snacks into healthy treats. On this occasion I was playing around with recipes for protein brownies. I had a recipe that I used at a pretty cool cafe in Melbourne that I had to alter to suit the needs of our gluten free customers. It was a hit, and was honestly better that the original! This time I was trying to keep the recipe gluten free but enhance the amount of protein and cut down on the sugar and fat content.

To make the brownie mix gluten free I swapped the flour for almond meal. This worked great and gave an excellent flavour and texture. However for the extra changes I needed for my recipe I exchanged butter with smooth peanut butter, I substituted cocoa powder for protein powder and removed majority of the sugar. My first attempt was a bit of a failure. The brownie wasn't soft at all in the middle and was actually quite dry. I then tried again but got inspiration from another recipe I found. I removed all of the sugar, reduced the chocolate and eggs and the added coconut milk to loosen the mix and hopefully keep the brownie soft.

The brownie was not exactly what I was wanting but what I got was a triumph.

The Homemade Protein Bar

This was the end result. I think if I doubled the recipe It would be more brownie like, but the baking tray I was using was quite largetherefore making the brownie/bar quite thin. The taste was great! Heating it up was also pretty good but I think that It will work well for a protein bar or small snack. The recipe is as follows:

1/4 cup of almond meal

1/2 cup of whey protein (I used Impact protein by Myprotein)

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1 egg

1 table spoon of honey

1 teaspoon of vainlla extract

2/3 cup of coconut milk

2 cups of unsweetend 85% cocoa chocolate

1/4 cup of goji berries

1/4 cup of hazelnuts

Melt the chocolate and peanut butter together then mix in all ingredients. Pour the mix into a baking tray that has been lined with baking papper. Oven bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C.

Let us know about your own protein recipes and also if a blunder has turned into a triumph!

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