Exotic ingredients often require precise knife skills to handle and prepare them properly.
These Eggless Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies have a beautifully dense, soft, chewy texture. They are also chocolatey and pea-nutty. Plus, they are easy and healthy and absolutely indulging. Trust me your kids are gonna love these brownies.
A short love story of these brownies
Well, let me tell you some interesting facts about how these brownies came to life. I had some overripe bananas last week and obviously my first intention was to make a banana bread. It was a weekend and I was about to bake the banana bread but then someone stopped me.
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Who stopped me from baking banana bread? Who doesn’t like banana bread in my house?
I think you might have already guessed the name of the person who came between me and my banana bread. Yes, it was Little A.
She said: “Mommy, why are you making bread. I don’t like banana bread. Can you bake a chocolate cake?”
Me: No, I have to use up some overripe bananas so I will make bread.
Little A: “Please Mommy! But can you make brownies then?”
I just love anything chocolate so couldn’t say no to her.
Me: “Should I really make some brownies?”
Little A: “Yeah, you should because I like brownies. Yum yum, they are D-LICIOUS.”
Me: Okay, then let’s make some brownies."
And that’s how these brownies were invented. 🙂
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So the brownies were something like “what happens when a banana bread meets chocolate cake”.
I can tell in the case of these brownies that I didn’t get what I expected but I got much more than that. I got something even better. 🙂
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These best banana peanut butter brownies are made with simple ingredients:
These brownies have simple ingredients and I knew they would be a winner at home. For sweetening, I used bananas and brown sugar just to be sure that it hits the perfect sweet spots.
These Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies are Foolproof
For these brownies, I opted for wheat flour but you can also use white flour, fine oatmeal or may be buckwheat or any other gluten-free flour to make them gluten-free.
I have made these brownies so many times with little variations each time, so I can tell that the above-mentioned approach works fine. You can even call them foolproof brownies because nothing can go wrong with these.
Yogurt and coffee shine the flavors of these brownies
For these brownies, I used fat-free greek yogurt and some freshly brewed coffee which boosted the chocolate intensity level. I used cocoa powder for that chocolatey flavor.
Other interesting chocolate desserts should also check out are brownie in a mug, or oreo mug cake.
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Baked goods made with yogurt and the chocolate go so well together. These brownies are soft and chewy, tender, chocolatey and pea-nutty. If you adore brownies then you should also check out this amazingly yummy Brownie in a Mug.
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Peanut butter steals the show
At the end, I added peanut butter and that made these brownies even more divine. Mmmm — banana, peanut butter and chocolate. Isn’t it a match made in heaven? These brownies are a perfect marriage of these three awesome ingredients.
You can also replace Peanut Butter with the same amount of Nutella. That will work just as good. 🙂
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Eggless Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies (Step-by-step photo instructions)
Making Eggless Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Lightly grease an 8×8 inch baking pan and then line with parchment paper.
- In a bowl mash overripe bananas.
- In a separate bowl, whisk oil, fat-free greek yogurt, freshly brewed coffee, brown sugar, vanilla extract, salt and hot water.
- Add mashed bananas.
- Sift together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder and baking powder.
- Whisk till all combines together and pretty smooth.
- Evenly distribute the batter into the lined pan.
- To the brownie pan, add dots of the peanut butter.
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let it cool down for 5-7 minutes and then remove from pan.
- Cutt into pieces.
- Drizzle with icing sugar.
- Enjoy with a glass of milk or some hot tea. Store in an airtight container for up to a few days or keep them in the refrigerator and slightly warm them up before eating.
Recipe Card
Eggless Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies [Recipe]
★★★★★
(Rating: 5 from 27 reviews)
Prep time 🕐 | Cook time 🕐 | Total time 🕐 |
---|---|---|
50 mins | ||
Category ☶ | Cuisine ♨ | Serves ☺ |
Desserts | International | 9 brownies |
Nutrition Info ⊛ | Serving size ⊚ | |
85 calories | 1 brownie |
INGREDIENTS
For Eggless Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies:
- 1 cup (128 g) whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 cup (110 g) brown sugar
- 3 medium-sized overripe bananas peeled
- 50 ml hot water
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons freshly brewed coffee
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup (32 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons fat-free greek yogurt (use vegan yogurt for vegan version)
- 5-6 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
For Serving:
- Icing sugar, optional
INSTRUCTIONS:
Making Eggless Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Lightly grease an 8×8 inch baking pan and then line with parchment paper.
- In a bowl mash overripe bananas.
- In a separate bowl, whisk oil, fat-free greek yogurt, freshly brewed coffee, brown sugar, vanilla extract, salt and hot water.
- Add mashed bananas.
- Sift together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder and baking powder.
- Whisk till all combines together and pretty smooth.
- Evenly distribute the batter into the lined pan.
- To the brownie pan, add dots of the peanut butter.
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let it cool down for 5-7 minutes and then remove from pan.
- Cutt into pieces.
- Drizzle with icing sugar.
- Enjoy with a glass of milk or some hot tea. Store in an airtight container for up to a few days or keep them in the refrigerator and slightly warm them up before eating.
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NOTES:
- If the batter appears too thick, add some more hot water.