St Patrick's Day cookbook: Reduced fat Irish Cream brownies recipe

This recipe is adapted from Cooking Light magazine. Delicious brownies!

To find everything you need to make these, including the Irish Cream, shop your local Meijer.

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/4 t baking soda
  • 1/4 t salt
  • 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup egg substitute
  • 1/4 cup Irish Cream liqueur
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl with a whisk. Set aside.
  3. Place the chocolate chips and the butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 1/2 minutes or til the chocolate chips and butter melt, stirring every 30 seconds. Cool slightly.
  4. Add sugar and next 3 ingredients (through vanilla extract), stirring well with a whisk. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute or til sugar dissolves, stirring every 30 seconds. Fold in the flour mixture, stirring just til moist.
  5. Spread batter in a thin layer into a 9-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
  6. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or til a wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean.
  7. Cool on a wire rack.
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