Delicious Gluten-Free Brownies

Along with bread, one of the things that people on a gluten-free diet miss most is dessert. Fortunately, there are many delicious wheat free recipes for decadent desserts– including this one for wheat free brownies. The beauty of this recipe is that it can easily be adapted for those with chocolate, nut, and dairy allergies, as well.

Rachel’s Decadent Gluten-Free Brownies

Ingredients:

    •    1/4 cup butter (or substitute 1/4 cup shortening for the dairy-allergic)
    •    1 cup brown sugar
    •    1 egg
    •    1 teaspoon vanilla
    •    1/2 cup rice flour (available in the Asian & health food sections of most supermarkets)
    •    3 Tbsp cocoa powder (substitute 3 Tbsp carob powder for the chocolate-allergic)
    •    1 tsp double-acting baking powder
    •    1/2 tsp salt
    •    3/4 cup nuts (omit or substitute 3/4 cup chopped dates for the nut-allergic)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×9 inch baking pan.

Melt the butter or shortening in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar until it dissolves. Cool slightly, then beat in the egg and vanilla. Sift the rice flour with the cocoa or carob powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the mixture in the saucepan. Fold the nuts or chopped dates (if used) into the batter, and pour into the greased 9×9 inch pan.

Bake about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (NB: These brownies are a bit crumblier than those made with wheat flour. You can mitigate this to some extent by making sure not to over-bake them. Trust me, though– once you start eating them, you really won’t care about the crumbs!)

That’s it for today… keep an eye out for more wheat free recipes coming out soon. And in the mean time, check out these adorable Pilgrim Hat Cookies!

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