Ketofied Gluten-Free Almond flour Chocolate Brownies with Walnuts

I wanted to have a chocolate brownie with walnuts.  I even printed up and put on my fridge a “best ever” keto brownie.  But then I got distracted by a recipe on the back of the Costco Kirkland Almond Flour bag.  So I ketofied that recipe instead.

It’s not bad.  I can’t compare it to the “best ever” recipe since I still haven’t tried it.  If you are looking for a simple chocolate brownie recipe with walnuts and want to use just one egg and almond flour, then this may be the one for you!

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Keto Chocolate and Walnut Brownie

Costco's Kirkland Almond Flour has a brownie recipe on the back of the pack. I used it to create this ketofied version of these brownies. Each brownie works out to be 2 g net carbs.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time35 mins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: afternoon tea, brownie, cake, chocolate, morning tea, walnuts

Servings: 16 pieces

Calories: 91kcal

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp unsalted butter original recipe had 2 tbsp
• 1/4 cup sweetener Could do with more, original recipe had 1/2 cup of sugar. I used Raw Earth's Stevia and Monk Fruit sweetener. It was just sweet enough for me, so you may want a bit more
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup almond flour Kirkland Signature blanched almond flour
• 1/4 cup cacao powder original recipe had cocoa powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup walnut halves I measured them as halves in a 1/2 cup. And then chopped them. Original recipe suggests almonds. But I like walnuts in brownies
• 40 g chopped 85% dark chocolate It was 1 and a half (a bit more!) of a bar of chocolate (see pic)

Instructions

• Heat oven to 180 degrees C (or 350 degrees F)
• Cream together 4 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup (or more) sweetener in a large bowl using an electric mixer. Blend in the egg. Blend in the 1/4 cup almond milk and 1 tsp vanilla.
  
• In another bowl, whisk together 1 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup cacao powder, 1/8 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp baking powder.
• Add to butter mixture and blend until mixed.
  
• Measure 1/2 cup walnut halves and chop them up into smaller pieces. Take 1.5 Moser bars or 40g of 85% chocolate or sugar free chocolate and chop it up into chip sized pieces.
  
• Stir in chopped walnuts and chopped chocolate into mixture.
• Line a 20 x 20 cm (8 x 8 inch) baking pan with baking paper.
• Pour (or scrape!) batter into the pan and spread evenly. (I popped a bit more chopped walnuts and left over chocolate chips on top.)
• Bake for 30 - 35 minutes.
  
• Remove from oven and allow to cool before slicing and storing (or serving!). Slice into 16 "squares". Works out to be about 2g net carbs per square.
  

Notes

This is a ketofied version of chocolate and walnut brownies based on the Costco Kirkland Signature Almond Flour Blanched recipe "Gluten-Free Almond Brownies".

It worked out more cake like than brownie like.  Maybe next time I'll either bake it less or add a bit more sweetener and a bit more almond milk and an extra egg.