Rich and Chewy Low Fat Brownies

contributed and modified by Traci
from http://www.recipezaar.com/

1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cup white sugar
2 egg whites (or one whole egg)
3/4 cup applesauce

1. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl using a hand mixer. Add egg whites, applesauce and vanilla.
2. Mix all other ingredients in a separate smaller bowl and add to the wet ingredients in the large bowl. Do NOT overmix!
3. Spray 8x8 dish with PAM and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Makes 16 brownies.

before the modifications, the nutrition facts state that this recipe has 1.8g of fat per serving and 147 calories. But then I modify it.
Traci's modifications: I added a few chocolate chips. I also put a thin glaze on top a few minutes after taking it out of the oven. I made the glaze by melting 1 tablespoon of butter. then I added 3 heaping tablespoons of powdered sugar and a 1 heaping tablespoon of cocoa powder and then milk until I achieved the right consistency. I then spread the glaze on the brownies. For being low-fat, these brownies were pretty tasty! Plus a lot of the reviews said they tasted better the second day. I guess they kind of did.

TIP: I doubled the recipe and made a 9 x 13 pan of them. Then, I cut the brownies into squares/rectangles, and wrapped each square in a piece of plastic wrap and then a piece of foil. I then put the brownies in a ziploc in the freezer. This way I didn't eat them all at once and they are actually very tasty frozen. They were also a quick treat for Gary to take in his lunches. That one pan lasted us several weeks in the freezer, a small miracle indeed :) (I won't hypothesize how long they would have lasted had I not frozen them...)

4-30-09
Okay so I made these again tonight and doubled them and I'm pretty sure that 1.5 times the recipe would have been sufficient to fill the 9 x 13 pan.