DIY Brownie Mix. © Healthy Canning / 2021
You can make your own brownie mix for pennies on the dollar.
You get convenience at time of use, plus savings compared to buying store mixes.
These are cake-style brownies, rather than fudgey-type.
We give the recipe and nutrition using Splenda® but you can of course go ahead and try instead white granulated sugar instead if you wish!
See also: Splenda Icing Sugar Mix DIY
The recipe
Yield: One batch of mix makes 8 cups / 1 kg. This is enough mix for 5 pans of brownies.
Made-up yield: An entire pan of brownies made from this mix (not including pan) weighs about 420 g / 15 oz. Cut into 9 squares, each brownie square will weigh approximately 50 g / 2 oz. (will vary depending on whether nuts are added or not.)
Brownie Mix DIY
Ingredients
- 700 g all-purpose flour (4 cups)
- 100 g Splenda® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated (4 cups)
- 100 g regular unsweetened cocoa powder (2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
Instructions
- Wash hands with soap and water. Ensure worksurface is clean.
- Mix all well.
- Store in tightly-sealed 2 litre / quart jar, in a cool, dark place for best storage life.
Notes
Nutrition
If you want to try using granulated white sugar instead of the Splenda®, 4 cups / 900 g of sugar would be the equivalent.
Instead of brand-name Splenda®, you can use a generic brand of sucralose. You might even wish to try another sweetener such as a powdered stevia product which by volume measures one-to-one with the Splenda® measurements mentioned above.
Brownies from DIY Brownie Mix, iced. © Healthy Canning / 2021
To use the mix for a pan of brownies
Brownies from DIY Brownie Mix
Ingredients
- 75 g margarine (1⁄3 cup. Soft low-fat. Or butter)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 75 ml applesauce (1⁄3 cup. Unsweetened )
- 175 g dry brownie mix (1 ½ cups)
- 40 g walnuts (1⁄3 cup, chopped. Optional)
Instructions
- Wash hands with soap and water. Ensure worksurface is clean.
- Grease a 20 cm (8-inch) square pan. Set aside.
- Start oven heating to 175 C (350°F).
- In a mixer bowl, beat margarine, eggs and vanilla for 1 minute.
- Add applesauce; beat briefly just until blended.
- Add dry mix (and nuts if using); stir by hand until just blended.
- Spread evenly in prepared pan.
- Bake at 175 C (350°F) for about 15 minutes or until tester such as a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool on rack, then slice into squares.
- Store in covered container in refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition
You may wish to ice these with Splenda Icing Sugar Mix DIY.
Recipe source
The batch mix originated with a recipe for single-batch brownies on the Splenda site. [1]Accessed June 2021 at https://www.splenda.ca/en/recipes/chocolate-cake-brownies-recipe.
Nutrition
Nutrition will vary based on ingredients you used, but if you use Splenda® for the mix and low-fat margarine to make a batch from the mix, there are 116 calories and 8 g fat per 50 g / 2 oz. brownie (if a pan of them is sliced into 9 squares.) If you add the walnuts, there’s 131 calories and 10 g fat per brownie.
For those following Weight Watchers®, there are 2 SmartPoints® freestyle per brownie, with an extra point per brownie if adding the nuts.
Nutrition, using Splenda, low-fat marg, no nuts
Brownies from DIY Brownie Mix. © Healthy Canning / 2021
Brownies from DIY Brownie Mix. © Healthy Canning / 2021
References
Kat
Can I use organic cane sugar instead? If so any idea how much?