Gluten-free Brownies - Mini recipe

Have you ever had a desire for brownies, but didn't want a whole pan of them around to tempt you later?  Then this is the recipe for you - it makes 3 delicious chewy brownies.  A perfect amount to satisfy your chocolate craving, and maybe that of a friend or two if you want to share.  :)

Gluten Free Brownies - Mini recipe

Makes 3 brownies or 4 brownie cupcakes

Ingredients

• 3  rounded tablespoons cocoa
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup dehydrated cane sugar
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 rounded tablespoons gluten-free oat flour
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans or ground hazelnuts

Method

• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• Line bottom of a 2 cup loaf pan (5 x 3") with foil.  It's good to have a large enough piece of foil so it will hang over the upper edge of the pan. 
• Butter the foil 
• If you want to make cupcakes instead, use parchment paper lined muffin tins.  If you are only making one recipe (4 cupcakes), put a little water in the unfilled cups of the muffin tin before baking.
• Melt butter, and mix with the cocoa powder.  Stir until smooth.
• Stir in sugar, then the egg and vanilla until just blended.
• Mix in the flour.  Oat flour tends to clump together, so I press the lumps out before using.
• Stir in nuts.
• Spread in the buttered pan and bake for about 30 minutes, depending on your oven.  Brownie is done when a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
• Lift the brownies out of the pan using the foil, and let cool on a rack.  (Or not, if you can't wait)

Variations:

• As with most brownie recipes, this has very little flour, so you could substitute your flour of choice without affecting the recipe too much.
• Substitute 1 oz unsweetened chocolate for the cocoa.  Change the amount of butter to 2 tablespoons.
• Sprinkle 1/3 cup of chocolate chips on top

Look at the chewy chocolatey goodness....

I've already had one, and put the rest in the freezer.  Truthfully, I don't know how long it will stay there.  In case you didn't know, brownies get even chewier when frozen. - yummy!