Low Carb Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies

Recipe courtesy George Stella

Show: Low Carb and Lovin' ItEpisode: Deceiving Desserts

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (104)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
40 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
25 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 40 min
Total:: 2 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons wheat bran, or oat bran
1 1/4 cups plus 1/2 tablespoon soy flour
4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 cups sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)
1/2 cup heavy cream
5 large eggs
1 tablespoon no sugar added vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Low Carb Chocolate Frosting, recipe follows
Special Equipment: 8-inch square baking pan

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Spray pan with nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray. Set aside. Mix wheat bran and 1/2 tablespoon soy flour together and sprinkle evenly over the inside of the greased pan, also coating the sides.

Place the unsweetened chocolate and butter in a steel bowl and melt over a saucepan of simmering water. Whisk in 1 cup sugar substitute and 1/4 cup heavy cream. Once thoroughly blended, turn off heat and keep warm until needed.

With an electric mixer on high, beat the eggs, 1 cup sugar substitute and the vanilla extract just until blended. Reduce to low speed and then blend in the chocolate mixture.

With a wooden spoon, mix in the baking powder, 1 1/4 cups soy flour, walnuts, and 1/4 cup heavy cream. Spread evenly into the prepared pan and bake on the center rack for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (Do not over-bake or brownies will be dry and hard.) Cool completely before frosting with low carb chocolate frosting. Cut into 5 rows by 5 rows to make 25 pieces.

Low Carb Chocolate Frosting:

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (not melted)

5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)

1/3 cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon no sugar added vanilla extract

Few drops hot water, as needed, to thin consistency

Place all ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk until well combined. Use to frost brownies, but make sure brownies are completely cooled, or the butter in the frosting will melt.

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recipe Low Carb Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Maralyssa eugene, OR 10-12-2009
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Yummy, sub cannabutter for the regular stuff
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My step-dad has diabetes, we have adjusted to low carb life. You gotta use good sugar subs though. Stevia tastes super good... and its all natural. Anyhow, we switched the butter for cannabutter and imagine that- its low carb and low pro...........they were fetchin fantasticRead more
recipe Low Carb Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Lynne Cordova, TN 06-15-2009
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Worst Brownies Ever
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

These brownies were so dey I think cardboard would taste better. The Icing was OK but could be better.
recipe Low Carb Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Karen Savannah, GA 04-30-2008
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LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING - YUCK!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I followed this recipe to a T and it was so horrible we could not even stand to swallow the first bite! I wish I too had... read the reviews before wasting the money on the ingredients only to throw them into the trash. The brownies were very bitter, the icing was o.k. but not the best sugar free or low carb Icing I've had. Trust me, there is no way anyone could mistake these for real brownies at all and I would not recommend this recipe to anyone. How disappointing and embarrasing that food network would have this recipe on their website!Read more
recipe Low Carb Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Karla Tampa, FL 01-30-2008
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Garbage Brownies
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I vote that they rename this brownie the ?garbage brownie??.. or pumpernickel bread! Seriously this might be the most... repulsive thing that I could ever fathom; fear factor couldn?t even come up with a brownie this horrible. I want my $12 and the nearly 2 hours of my life that it took to make these horrific things back. If you close your eyes real tight, burn your taste receptors on your tongue off, and omit the chocolate in the frosting, you get a combination that resembles pumpernickel bread with sweet butter. Really bad, horrible pumpernickel bread with rancid sweet butter. I feel that the people who are praising this recipe more than likely work for food network and are trying to save face, and their jobs. So to paraphrase the above, don?t make these garbage brownies!!!!Read more
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Anonymous 12-30-2007
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Understanding
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

If you are like me these brownies are amazing! I have diabetes, and i understand that these aren't the classic rich chocolate... brownies,but they are still good.(Especially after not eating brownies for 10 months) I added cream cheese, to the icing, and it made them extra- yummy!Read more
recipe Low Carb Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Pam San Jose, CA 12-25-2007
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Gritty Mess
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I read the reviews and took some of the suggestions. Soy powder did not help this at all. It was so dense and gritty I had... throw them out.Read more