Keto Friendly Brownies

Fudgy Brownies are a must for me now and then. Actually, more often! Once into the Ketogenic Diet I had to have Brownies and here they are. These are no sugar, no gluten, low carb. So, with that said I give this recipe a solid B (4 Star) when comparing it to this recipe with real sugar. That’s where the scale drops a bit. I used Swerve (Here’s a little information, Sweeteners.) Swerve is one of the newer sweeteners and claims are made it causes less stomach upset, tastes more like the real thing and can be used in baking like sugar 1:1. I found there isn’t an aftertaste as with other sweeteners but there is, I guess you’d call, a texture difference from the real thing. It’s hard to describe … like cold tiny bubbles of sweetness dissolving on your tongue. I thought pop rocks but that’s a little exaggerated.

With all this said the recipe is worth a try and you can decide for yourself if it’s a keeper. When using the best unsweetened baking chocolate not much else matters when it comes to brownies.

Next up this week-end is (Ketogenic) Hamburger Cheese Bake with Spaghetti Squash Noodles. 5 Star!

Recipe

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Butter a 8 by 8 inch baking dish.

2 Ounces unsweetened baking chocolate-melted and cooled slightly
1/2 Cup Butter-room temperature
2 Large eggs
3 1/2 Tablespoons almond flour
1 Cup Swerve Sweetener
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
1/2 Cup chopped walnuts

The chocolate can be melted in your microwave in very short intervals. Avoid scorching the chocolate … it will give the chocolate an off to uneatable taste.

Let the chocolate cool slightly. Beat into butter. Add eggs and beat.

Add almond flour, Swerve, salt, vanilla. Mix until ingredients incorporated.

Fold in nuts.

Pour thick ingredients into baking dish and level.

Bake 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when testing for doneness.