Ingredients
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup cocoa (unsweetened)
- 400g mashed kidney beans
- 40 – 60mL water or reduced fat milk
- 100mL canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Line a non-stick medium sized muffin pan with paper cases, or greaseproof paper
- Sift flour, sugar & cocoa into a mixing bowl
- In a separate bowl, mash kidney beans or process in a food processor
- Add water or reduced fat milk to the kidney beans, mix well (note add 20mL to start with and add more if needed to reach a paste consistency)
- Add oil, eggs and vanilla extract to the mashed kidney beans
- Gently fold wet mix into the dry mix and combine, don’t overmix
- Bake for approximately 12 minutes.
Nutrition information panel
| Nutrient | Per Serve | Per 100g |
| Energy | 807kJ | 1056kJ |
| Protin | 5.4g | 7g |
| Total fat | 9.3g | 20g |
| Saturated fat | 1.2g | 1.6g |
| Carbohydrate | 21g | 27g |
| Sugars | 7.4g | 9.7g |
| Dietary Fibre | 3.6g | 4.8g |
| Sodium | 212mg | 177mg |