CHOCOLATE APPLESAUCE BROWNIES
These chocolate applesauce brownies are so good and easy to make. Serve them with coffee as dessert or have one with milk anytime for a snack. They are wonderful with a scoop of ice cream and great to make hot fudge cakes. I am always looking for something to do with one cup of applesauce I have left in the refrigerator and this is a way to use it up.
Chocolate Applesauce Brownies Ingredients Needed:
All-purpose flour
100% cocoa
Baking powder
Baking soda
Salt
Butter
Chocolate chips
White granulated sugar
Applesauce
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Chopped nuts, pecans or walnuts, (optional)
We love these brownies because the applesauce make them very moist. You can top these with powdered sugar or leave it off. These are made in an 9X9 so it doesn’t make a huge pan of brownies. Perfect for a small occasion! Sometimes you just want a smaller dessert.
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Chocolate Applesauce Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup 100% cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 cup applesauce
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts pecans or walnuts, (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. In a smaller bowl melt the butter and chocolate chips together in the microwave or on top of the stove. I do mine in the microwave and it takes about one minute.
- Remove and stir the butter and chips till smooth, then add the applesauce, vanilla and combine with the flour mixture. Stir in the eggs and nuts. Spray a 9 x 9 baking dish. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes until center tests done.
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They were delicious! I added 1/2 tsp of butter extract, chopped pecans and substituted the applesauce for 2 fresh medium sized apples (blended of course) Thanks for sharing, looking forward to more of your recipes!
Glad these were a hit!
Very easy recipe to follow. Delicious.
Where does it say that.. I don’t see one place on the recipe where I stated that anywhere..
I almost forgot the sugar because it was not in the instructions! I only added 1/3 cup of sugar because I thought that 1 cup of sugar was going to be too much with the applesauce. For me it was perfect. Brownies were so moist and delicious!! I will make them again!
Do you use unsweetened or sweetened applesauce?
It really doesnt matter, whichever you prefer. Sweetened will make the brownies sweeter.
If using salted butter how much salt should I use? Please remove the comment with the typo.
If you use salted butter, then don’t add any salt to the recipe.
I made thes e brownies and they were delicious. however I found them a bit crumbled. But no one complained they went so fast. Thank you
I don’t see where to add the vanilla! But I always check the list of ingredients to make sure I’ve added everything but these are delicious though! I always make two batches one with walnuts and one without.
I made these delicious brownies today. I have one suggestion though. If a person is not a seasoned baker ( lol), they will find it confusing to see the sugar and vanilla in the list of ingredients but not in directions. Pretty easy to figure out, just sayin.
These are wonderfully moist. I added walnuts and I can’t wait to make that cup of coffee to enjoy with my second piece.
Thank you for sharing.
I’ve never had a bad recipe from The Southern Lady Cooks!!
It’s been corrected. Thanks for bringing to that to my attention. We all make mistakes. Have a wonderful week.