Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Healthy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Blondies

Took a little break from homework and did some baking today! I was planning on making these using chickpeas because I've seen a lot of recipes using them as one of the main ingredients, but of course as soon as I started to get together all my ingredients I realized I was out! So I improvised and made them without, and they came out better than I expected.

Ingredients:
-1/3 cup oat flour, or 1/2 cup old fashioned oats ground up into a flour using a food processor/blender
-1 cup vanilla protein powder (or use more oat flour)
-2 tbsp stevia or honey (or a combo of both, which I did this time)
-1 tsp baking powder
-1 1/4 cup canned pumpkin puree (I use Libby's)
-1/2 cup plain 0% greek yogurt
-2 eggs, or 1/3 cup egg whites
-1 tbsp vanilla extract
-1/2 tbsp cinnamon
-1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
-1/4 cup dark chocolate chips, regular chocolate chips, etc. (I used Enjoy Life dairy/soy/gluten free mini chips)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients in one bowl (except for chocolate chips), and wet ingredients in another. Then pour wet ingredients into dry and mix well. Then mix in the chocolate chips. Spray a rectangle baking pan with non-stick spray and pour in the batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes (**but make sure you watch them. The oven I'm using right now usually is way off whenever I cook something with a set baking time so this time might vary. Just watch them and make sure they don't get too dry! Check with a toothpick!).




Approximate Nutrition Information (For 1/12) : 91 calories, 2.4g fat, 9.8g carbs (1.7g fiber), 8.3g protein
*varies depending on protein powder used, eggs vs. egg whites, etc.

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