Eggless Applesauce Brownies

5 from 1 vote

Bake these moist, eggless applesauce brownies—rich, fudgy, and perfect for satisfying your chocolate cravings. This easy recipe uses unsweetened applesauce as a key ingredient, resulting in a delightful treat that's simple to prepare.

Prep Time20

Cook Time30

Cooling Time10

Total Time1

Method: Baking

Course: Brownies

Servings: 32 Brownies

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter softened
1 and ½ cups brown sugar
2 count flax eggs for 2 eggs
2 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For Topping:

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Line a 13x9 inch pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper and leave some hanging on the sides so that it will be easy to lift the brownie off the pan easily.
In a small bowl whisk together 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal and 6 tablespoons of water and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the flaxseed mixture, applesauce and vanilla extract. You will notice the flaxseed mixture actually foaming just like eggs.
Combine the flour and cocoa, baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Stir in half cup of chocolate chips and walnuts and mix well.
Pour into the prepared baking pan.
Combine the remaining half cup each of topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter.
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Cut into squares.

Notes

The original recipe used part white sugar and part brown sugar. I ran out of white sugar so used brown sugar entirely, and that made me wonder if that was the reason that the batter did not turn as brown as it usually does in usual brownie recipes after adding the cocoa powder. So I ended up adding ¼ more cup of unsweetened cocoa powder more than it was specified in that recipe. I don't think it affected the recipe in any way because these applesauce brownies turned out very good.
I have used flax-egg instead of the 2 eggs mentioned in the original recipe. So it's 4 tablespoons of flaxseed meal whisked with 6 tablespoons of water.
The original recipe also had mentioned topping the entire quantity of chocolate chips and walnuts on top of the brownie batter. However, I changed it up a bit and mixed half the quantity in the batter and topped the remaining half which made the texture of the brownies ooegy gooey.
Leftover pumpkin puree or sweet potato puree after Thanksgiving is also a great substitute for the unsweetened applesauce in this brownie recipe.

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