Hi there everyone! First I just wanna say " thanks" for keeping up with the blogs. Your helpful feedback is the reason that I do them; and knowing that the advice and education is helping YOU reach your goal.

So I'm going to post one of my personal favorite brownie recipes for when I am longing for something sweet, fluffy, squishy, baked and of course chocolate. But with this recipe you have to keep in mind that it's not going to be like the double fudge frosting topped brownies that you're used to. This recipe is lacking some of those ingredients that cause that over the top need some milk now sweetness........... followed by the wanna throw up afterwards for eating way to many calories and now staring at your fat belly feeling. :)
This recipe honestly will seem a little bland compared to what you're used to. But I don't want you to compare it to your regular brownies. I want you to take it for what it is: a less calorie, healthier option that won't leave you feeling so cheated after you've eaten one. So the point overall is this- you won't be so tempted to eat 100 of these yummy things just for taste. You'll get that chocalate baked good craving kicked with it and not feel so bad. And a cheat for me is to pound the milk as I'm eating one. That way, I get fuller on a calcium- fortified drink that's healthy instead of that 100 brownies that I really wanted to eat.

FYI- you may substitute the sugar in this recipe for splenda or any other sugar substitution. But I have my warnings about those. It's no good to die of cancer and be thin, then it is to die of a heart attack due to obesity. Either way, you don't look good and you still die. Eat foods that come from a natural source instead of genetically made. They are healthier for you and lack all the carcinogens in them such as aspartame. In my house, I can have a sweet as long as I make it. That way, I know what all the ingredients are that go into it, and I can vary the recipe with egg whites or less sugar and butter if I want to. Ilove to bake believe it or not, and I allow myself to do that. But I won't eat sweets unless their mine. And that also goes for nothing out of a box all you Betty Crocker's! HaHa! Enjoy! ( But not too much!)

Hollys Cheater Brownies:

1/4 c (1/2 stick) light margarine- or none at all!
2 egg whites
1 egg
3/4 c sugar ( or substitute)
2/3 c flour ( I use unbleached, but use bleach if you'd like)
1/3 c Hershey's cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Heat oven to 350*. Line mini muffin pan or spray lightly with olive oil spray.(Healthier fat) Melt margarine over low heat; cool slightly. Beat all eggs until light and fluffy, gradually add sugar until lighter in color and thicker. Stir together flour, cocoa, b. powder and salt; then add the egg to the mixture. Gradually add melted margarine and pour into muffin cups.  Bake approx. 15-18 minutes turning halfway through.

*Guzzle a gallon of water and a cup of milk with one brownie and your on your way to a happier, chocolate-baked goods satisfied you. :) :) Okay, 2 gallons of water, 2 cups of milk and 2 brownies!