Whole Wheat Oats Brownie Recipe

I love baking, but as you know, most baked goods aren't exactly made up of healthy ingredients! Ever since I became a Mom, I've been on the lookout for healthy baking recipes and a cake recipe with a healthy grain like oats has always been on my mind. I try to add oats to pretty much everything - dosa ,uttapam, idli, chilla or cookies. Here's a look at some of the nutritional benefits of oats for children:

• Oats contain more soluble fiber than any other grain.
• It is low in saturated fat and very low in cholesterol and sodium.
• It is rich in manganese and is a good source of thiamine, magnesium and phosphorous.
• Oats is the only cereal containing a legume-like protein as their storage protein.
• Oats protein is equivalent in quantity to soy protein, meat, milk and egg protein.

If you'd like more recipes with oats, you can also check out our Eggless Oat Cookies, Carrot Oat Muffins, Maple Oat Bars and Oats Pancakes.

Ingredients:

• Wheat Flour - 1 cup
• Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Powdered Oats - 1/2 cup
• Cocoa powder- 5 tblsp
• Baking soda - 1 tsp
• Oil - 3 tblspn
• Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
• Yogurt - 1 cup

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Grease a pan with oil and dust it with flour; tap the pan to release the excess flour. A square or rectangular pan is ideal to cut into bars, but a round pan will also work.

2. Put wheat flour, sugar, oats, cocoa and baking soda in a bowl and mix well.

3. Pour in the vanilla and oil, followed by the yogurt and mix well.

4. Add the sugar and mix well. Pour this batter into the greased and floured pan.

5. Bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes till a tooth pick comes out clean.

6. Allow the brownie cake to cool down completely before cutting it into squares.

There are so many ways you can serve these brownies - with icing sugar dusted on the top, with a glaze of chocolate or with ice cream. They also taste perfect just the way they are! So the next time your kids demand brownies, you don't have to worry about the health aspect - you have your go-to recipe right here!

Author

Kanika has a Masters in computer science and is now a stay at home mom to a cute little boy, Onish. She loves to cook and tries new and yummy recipes to get her fussy toddler to eat healthy.

Whole Wheat Oats Brownie Cake

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