Protein Brownies

Protein Brownies is a dessert recipe ready in 30 min. It makes 9 servings, each 110 kcal with 12 g protein. Beginner level, 11 ingredients.

Recipe by @roadtoaesthetics, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 30 mintotal
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 110kcal a serving
  • 12 gprotein
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Protein Brownies

What is Protein Brownies

Chocolate brownies made from cocoa, protein powder, cottage cheese and applesauce blended into a thick batter with chocolate chips and baked.

How to make Protein Brownies

Tips from the cook

  • Blend the wet ingredients for only 10 seconds.
  • Bake 12 to 15 minutes depending on how fudgy you want them.
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Meal prep and storage

Let them cool completely so they set; they are best out of the fridge.

Prep a few days

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Protein Brownies substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

Chocolate protein powder2 options
  • Chocolate-flavoured pea protein powder (check the label for soy lecithin and dairy) 1:1 by grams of protein per serving

    Earthy taste, may bloat some people.

  • Egg white protein powder 1:1 by grams of protein per serving

    Common allergen.

    Still contains eggs.

Egg whites1 option
  • Aquafaba (liquid from canned chickpeas) 2 Tbsp per egg white

    Whips slower than egg whites; does not cook like eggs, so not for cakes or scrambles; reduce thin liquid until as thick as egg white.

Eggs1 option
  • Flax egg or aquafaba (baking only) per egg (flax: 1 tbsp + 3 tbsp water; aquafaba 3 tbsp)

    Not in shakshuka, omelette, Caesar.

Cottage cheese1 option
  • Homemade vegan cottage cheese: crumbled firm tofu mixed with plant yogurt, lemon juice and salt 1:1 by weight

    No real curds when baked; use the plant yogurt unsweetened.

    Still contains soy.

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