Yikes Stripes Brownies Recipe

Ingredients

• ½ cup (125 g) unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable oil
• 1 cup (200 g) superfine sugar
• ¼ teaspoon (1.5 g) salt
• 1 cup (175 g) Enjoy Life semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
• 0.33 cup (29 g) unsweetened cocoa
• ¼ cup (60 ml) water
• 1½ cups (185 g) Bob’s Red Mill white or brown rice flour
• 0.33 cup (42 g) Bob’s Red Mill tapioca flour
• ½ teaspoon (2.3 g) baking soda

• 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons (25 g) Spectrum Organic Shortening
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) water

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4).
To Make the Brownies
2. In a large saucepan combine applesauce, oil, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, vanilla, cocoa, and water. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate chips are melted. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in remaining brownie ingredients. Pour into a greased 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33-cm) baking pan.
4. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until slightly soft in the center and more firm around the edges. Let cool completely
To Make the Frosting Stripes
5. Combine all frosting ingredients in a bowl and mix together with a whisk. Place frosting in a resealable plastic bag and cut off a small corner. Make frosting stripes across the top of the brownie. Cut into bars.