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Looking for a sublimely wonderful, delicious, and healthy dessert use of your zucchinis? Try our low-carb zucchini brownie recipe. No sugar!

by Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.

What follows is a very easy recipe for making delicious no-sugar, low-carb brownies (or brownie muffins). It takes about 15-20 minutes of prep time, and another 30 minutes for baking.

Ingredients

2 cups of Splenda granular (you could also use Stevia or other non-sugar sweetener)
1/2 cup light olive oil
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (all-natural, sugar-free)
2 cups low-carb baking mix (such as Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's)
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
2 cups shredded zucchini

Optional: 1/2 cup chopped nuts of your choice. (We use pecans, but walnuts are good too.)

Optional: low-carb (no-sugar) baking chips to sprinkle on top

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x 13 inch baking pan for brownies, or prepare 12-16 baking cups for brownie muffins.
In large bowl, mix together splenda, oil, and vanilla until well blended.
Next, add the low-carb baking mix, cocoa, and baking soda.
Finally, fold in the zucchini bits and walnuts.
Note: if zucchini is extra moist, you may need to add more baking mix to keep "brownie consistency," which is thicker than cake batter.
Spread final mixture into pan or baking cups. Sprinkle low-barb chips to top, if desired.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the brownies bounce back when gently touched. For all brownies, it is always better to slightly undercook than overcook -- which results in dry and crumbly brownies.

Delicious Low-Carb Zucchini Brownie Muffins

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Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an educator, author, and blogger who strives for healhy eating and living practices. She blogs about storytelling in the job search at A Storied Career. Katharine, who earned her PhD in organizational behavior from Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, OH, is author of Dynamic Cover Letters for New Graduates and A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market (both published by Ten Speed Press), as well as Top Notch Executive Resumes (Career Press); and with Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., Dynamic Cover Letters, Write Your Way to a Higher GPA (Ten Speed), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills (Alpha). Visit her personal Website or reach her by e-mail at kathy(at)quintcareers.com.