Nutty Brownies

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup walnuts
• 3/4 cup granlular sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate, chopped

Makes 16 Servings

1. Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat an 8x8 baking pan wiith cooking spray.
2. Pulse walnuts ina food processor until finely chopped. Place in a large mixing bowl; add sugar substitute, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine.
3. Whisk together eggs, sour cream, oil, and vanilla. Make a well in dry ingredients and whisk wet into dry ingredients to combine.
4. Heat chocolate chips in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, whisking constantly to melt, about 1 minute. Whisk into batter.
5. Pour batter into pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool completely, cut into 16 squares, and serve.

WW POINTS VALUE: 3 pts.

Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook. This is such a yummy treat and a tasty guilty pleasure that melts in your mouth after a filling meal. You can use any kind of nut with this recipe and it will still be delicious. I used dry roasted almonds and walnuts that were finely ground up and the brownies were heavenly. Nuts and chocolate mix very well together. What makes these brownies heavenly is the sour cream, olive oil, vanilla, the cocoa powder and the nuts all combined into a chewy baked goo that melts right in your mouth after the first bite. these brownies make a wonderful after-dinner dessert and should be the grand finale that your mouth experiences that day because it's so hard to top the taste of these brownies.