Double Chocolate Chip Fudge Brownies

1 cup all-purpose flour

2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 medium whole egg

3 medium egg whites

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup drained applesauce (from 3/4 cup undrained)

2 cups granulated sugar

2 ounces mini-morsel semisweet chocolate chips

Place oven rack in the center position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray the bottom and sides of a nonstick 11-by-7-by-11/2-inch baking pan with butter-flavored vegetable oil. Set aside.

In a medium bowl whisk or stir the flour, cocoa and salt together until combined, about 15 seconds. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl whisk the egg and egg whites until combined and bubbles begin forming, about 10 seconds. Add the vanilla and applesauce and whisk until combined, about 20 seconds. Add the sugar and whisk until the sugar dissolves, about 20 seconds. Add the flour/cocoa mixture and chocolate chips and with a kitchen spoon or large rubber spatula stir and fold until the dry ingredients are just moistened, about 25-30 seconds. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes. Cool on rack and cut into 15 2-by-2-inch squares.

Serves about 20.

@Recipe nutrition:Nutrition values per serving: 155 calories (11.9 percent from fat), 2 g fat (1.1 g. saturated), 35.1 g carbohydrate, 2.6 g protein, 14 mg cholesterol, 84 mg sodium.

LeanTip: Want to be really decadent? Add 4 ounces of chips instead of 2 ounces. This will raise the calories per serving to 178 and the fat to 3.1 grams.

Don Mauer, Lean & Lovin' it