Chickpea brownies
Makes: 16
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Martin Poole
Chickpea brownies
Instead of lots of butter and sugar, these brownies have a secret ingredient – chickpeas! You’d never know, though...
Makes: 16
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
91Kcal
Fat
3gr
Saturates
1gr
Carbs
12gr
Sugars
9gr
Fibre
2gr
Protein
3gr
Salt
0.2gr
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, in her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, in her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 x 400g tin chickpeas
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp rapeseed or sunflower oil
- 125g dark brown sugar
- 100g low fat natural yogurt
- 40g cocoa powder
- 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
- 25g white chocolate chunks
Step by step
Get ahead
The brownies keep for up to 3 days in the fridge, or can be frozen.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4, and line a 20cm square tin with baking paper.
- Dissolve the coffee in 1 tablespoon of boiling water, then tip into a food processor. Drain the chickpeas, reserving the liquid, and add to the processor with the eggs, oil, sugar and yogurt. Blend until well puréed.
- Add the cocoa powder and baking powder, plus 75ml of the chickpea liquid, and blend again, then pour into the lined tin; the batter is quite liquid. Scatter the white chocolate chunks over the top, then bake for 20-25 minutes or until the brownies are set but not over- baked. Cool in the tin, then cut into squares to serve. Store in the fridge; the brownies are more moist and fragile than a standard brownie, with a fudgy texture.
