Lean Comatose Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup nucoa brand margarine (or any brand that is vegan)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 cups cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon good vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 bananas, pureed
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsweetened chocolate, chopped coarsely
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (non-dairy semi-sweet chocolate can be used also) (optional)
• cooking spray (to grease pan)

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 325 f and generously grease a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
• 2 in a saucepan, melt the margarine over low heat.
• 3 add the sugar and stir, keeping the heat on. don't let the mixture bubble! it should be shiny, however.
• 4 remove from heat and add cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. (note: if the margarine is salted, leave out the teaspoon of salt or your brownies will be far too salty!) beat *very* well.
• 5 add the vanilla and stir more gently, then add the pureed bananas.
• 6 add the flour and gently stir together.
• 7 once the batter has cooled down a bit, add the unsweetened chocolate. caution: the more coarsely the unsweetened chocolate is chopped, the sharper the brownies will be. if you like almost sinfully dark brownies, then be daring --.
• 8 add the chocolate chips if you want. this will also tone down the sharpness (but not by much!).
• 9 pour the dark batter into the greased baking dish, being careful to get every bit of the batter.
• 10 bake at 325 f for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out "somewhat clean".
• 11 cool completely before cutting.
• 12 brace yourself for the chocolate coma and enjoy.