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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe.

Ingredients:

• 5 oz of dark chocolate. Choose 70% cacao or higher. The higher the number the less sweet it will be. Don’t do 100% cacao. That stuff tastes awful.
• 5 oz of butter (1 stick plus 1 Tbl)
• 4 tsp of Truvia
• 1 cup of super fine ground almond flour
• 4 large eggs
• ½ tsp of baking powder
• pinch of grated sea salt

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Chop the chocolate into small bits. Cut the butter into bits too. Put in a microwave-proof bowl and melt. I do this by putting the microwave on high for 1 minute  and then stirring. Then maybe 15 seconds more. (My chocolate and butter came right from the refrigerator so factor that into the time needed to melt it). Add Truvia and stir thoroughly. Set aside to cool. Don’t burn your chocolate. Be careful.

In another small bowl beat the eggs for a full 2 minutes. Get them nice and frothy, fluffy.

Slowly add your chocolate mixture to the egg mixture but be sure your chocolate is not hot or it will scramble your eggs. Big YUK.  Stir it all in. Then add the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir thoroughly. Make sure your baking powder is not just dumped in. Sprinkle it across the top and fold it in.

Spray a 9″ x 9″ oven-proof pan with butter or olive oil spray. Pour in batter. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Then check. They might need a few more minutes. It will depend on your oven. The top of the brownies should be firm but the middle still squishy. If you see the top just starting to crack they are done.

Let cool, cut and serve.

Notes: This is my first attempt at brownies in a low carb setting. Low carb baking is a whole talent I have not mastered yet. These are good but not GREAT. So you bakers out there that want to learn to bake low carb can help perfect this recipe. When you are not using regular flour this is much trickier than what we old-fashioned bakers are accustomed to. Next time I think I will try coconut flour and maybe a bit more chocolate. 

These are edible and yummy but as my assistant Jennifer said, “They taste healthy” which means they are not gooey decadent or feel sinful. But they are tasty and healthy! That says something. Maybe we all just need to get used to a different style of brownie. This one. 

Enjoy!

Cheers,