Choc chestnut brookies
Choc chestnut brookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup hazelnut meal (95g)
- ¼ cup cacao powder (25g)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup brown sugar, lightly packed (75g)
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup olive oil (80ml)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 8 – 9 fresh chestnuts, roasted or boiled, chopped (100g; ¾ cup)
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips (50g)
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a tray with baking paper.
- Combine hazelnut meal, cacao powder, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and mix well.
- In a jug, whisk together sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir vigorously. Fold through chocolate chips and chopped chestnuts.
- Scoop chocolate mixture onto the prepared tray with a tablespoon measure.
- Bake 10 minutes, cool on tray 1 minute before moving onto a rack. Repeat with any remaining batter.
Tips
If chestnuts are out of season, substitute with an equal quantity of another chopped tree nut.| Nutrients per serve | |
| Energy | 442 kj |
| Protein | 1.4 g |
| Fat | 7.3 g |
| Saturated fat | 1.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 8.6 g |
| Sugars | 6.1 g |
| Dietary fibre | 1.1 g |
| Sodium | 44 mg |
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