Tim Campion Brown

I am a bit of a chocoholic. And I have been experimenting with exotic brownie flavours: mint, orange, cinnamon, and other fun flavours. 

Here is a sample recipe:

Make some sinful vegan fudge brownies! They are 100% delicious brownie goodness, without the milk or eggs.

Prep time: 40 min; Total time: 80 min

Ingredients

• 8 oz. unsweetened baker's chocolate
• 1 1/2 c. maple syrup, grade B
• 1 c. applesauce
• 1 1/2 c. soy milk or skim milk
• 1 tbsp. vanilla
• 2 c. firm tofu (not silken)
• 1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour or spelt flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 1/2 c. walnuts or pecans

Begin by blending applesauce, tofu, soy milk or skim milk, maple syrup, and vanilla until it is completely smooth. Heat applesauce mixture with chocolate on low to medium heat. Stir frequently to keep chocolate from burning.

When chocolate is entirely melted, preheat the oven to 375. Add flour and salt and stir or whisk until "just mixed." Last, stir in pecans.

Pour batter into a greased 13x9x2 pan. Bake at 375F for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick stuck into the middle of the brownies comes out clean.

Tips
If you want to give your brownies an orange flavor, add 2 tbsp. orange zest or 1/4 c. cointreau. You can also add 2 tbsp. lime zest for a lime flavor, 1/4 c. amaretto for a cherry flavor, or 1/4 c. rum for a rum truffle flavor. Perhaps my favorite flavor is a cinnamon flavor, achieved by adding 1/4 c. (or more) cinnamon.

If you are vegan and you cannot find vegan baker's chocolate, use about 16 oz. vegan chocolate chips and decrease the amount of maple syrup by about 1/2 c.

You can blend a ribbon of caramel or peanut butter into your brownies.

To make your brownies ever so slightly less unhealthy, swap out some of the maple syrup for an an equal amont of soy milk.

Original Source : For lots of good vegetarian recipes - Persistent Vegetarian State