Light Blueberry Delight

About a month ago, I started working on a healthy brownie makeover. With all the juicy fresh blueberries all around me, I kept getting distracted from all the "chocolate only" brownie ideas I had to more of a fruity brownie. As I continued to experiment, I came up with something much better than a healthy brownie. I came up with a Light Blueberry Delight.

These delightful treats have a smooth texture with a POP of blueberry and a hint of chocolate in every piece. They are not too sweet but just right. These beauties contain 3 different healthy fruits, egg whites, a bit of olive oil, and cocoa powder which gives us some antioxidants.

I'm so proud of this yummy dessert that
 I even took a picture with it! Hehe!

I have made these at least 8 times. I wanted to make sure they were perfect and am very pleased with them! I had the pleasure of making these with my niece one of those times. She was such a great helper and had so much fun. It makes it much more enjoyable when all ages can join in on the baking fun! Another fabulous thing about this recipe is that it only takes 13 minutes to cook and minimal time to prep. Fast, delicious, and healthy. What's not to love??

Banana pureeing champ 

Gotta love my freshly washed hair and my cute niece giving you all a kiss :)

Light Blueberry Delight
(Can be gluten free, dairy free, nut free, refined sugar free, soy free, Vegetarian)
Makes 16 squares

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup gluten free all-purpose flour (can also use all-purpose wheat based flour)
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 3 Tbs cocoa powder, unsweetened
• 2 packets of Stevia or sweetener of choice (4 grams; 4 tsp) 
• 1/4 cup egg whites or 2 egg whites from whole eggs
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 medium banana, pureed
• 1/3 cup fresh juicy blueberries

Directions

1. To make this recipe as easy as possible, puree your banana first. This dessert tastes best when the banana is smooth and not chunky.
2. Turn oven on at 350F degrees.
3. Place the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, and sweetener in a large bowl. Mix together.
4. Place egg whites, applesauce, olive oil, and pureed banana in a medium bowl and mix well together.
5. Put wet mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix well. 
6. Throw in the blueberries and stir well but gently to get the blueberries equally spread into the batter. 
7. Grease or spray oil into an 8 x 8 baking pan. 
8. Empty batter into the baking pan and spread evenly covering the bottom of the pan. Make sure there are blueberries throughout the mixture so that each cut piece will have the juicy pop of berries when eaten.
9. Cook in oven for 13 minutes (Check at 10 minutes and again at 12. Depending on your stove you may not need the full 13 minutes or a little more, but every time I made these they needed exactly 13 minutes. When done these should be solid but not hard. You don't want these crunchy!)
10. Take out of oven to cool, cut when cool into 16 squares, and enjoy!
11. Can store in a container on the counter for 2 days in hot weather and 3 days in cool weather. Can also keep in fridge for 5-7 days. I have not tried to freeze these yet. They are always eaten before I get a chance! :)

Nutrition Facts:

(per bar)

Cals-63, Fat-3.8g, Carbs-7.5g, Fiber-1g, Sugar-1.5g, Pro-1.5g