Chocolate Chip Apricot Brownies take advantage of the natural affinity of apricots for chocolate. I make these Chocolate Chip Apricot Brownies without nuts because my older grandchildren are allergic to nuts but love apricots and chocolate. By all means, add a cup of chopped walnuts or pecans if you want to. Click on this link for my Chocolate Chip Brownies which does have nuts.
Warning! These brownies are very rich. Fight the impulse to cut a large square. A smaller square will be just the sweet you crave; and you can always cut yourself another one!
Prep time: 15 minutes
Chocolate Chip Apricot Brownies
By Published: September 23, 2014
Yield:
- 16 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Non-dairy Margarine melted
- 2 teaspoons pure Vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour plus 1 tablespoon
- 2/3 cup unsweetened non-dairy cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup plump dried apricots cut into small dice
- 1 cup non dairy chocolate chips
Equipment
- electric mixer
- electic food processor optional
- medium mixing bowl
- 8 inch square baking pan sprayed with non-dairy baking spray with flour
- cake tester
- cooling rack
Directions
- Preheat oven to: 350° F.
- Beat eggs in electric mixer. Add sugar gradually and beat until the mixture is pale yellow. Slowly pour in melted margarine and then Vanilla while the mixer is slowly beating. Scrape batter down from the sides of the bowl with a spatula and beat again.
- Pour in 1 cup flour, cocoa and salt. Beat ingredients into batter slowly at first so that it doesn't spatter. Scrape mixture down from sides of the bowl to be sure they are all incorporated .
- Pour minced apricots and chocolate chips into mixing bowl. Sprinkle with one tablespoon of flour and toss well. Add these ingredients to batter and stir in or beat for 15 seconds.
- Scrape batter into baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Keep an eye on the pan. When the brownies start to come away from the sides of the pan, you should insert a tester. There should be a small amount of moist chocolate on the tester. It should not come out dry. Remove pan from oven and cool on a rack before cutting them into small squares. Enjoy. You can also freeze these brownies.
