banana and brazil brownies

I made these brownies after finding some brazil nuts in the cupboard which no one was eating. Rather than wasting them I decided to add them to a recipe.

I found a recipe for banana and brazil brownies on Recipe Zaar which started life as a vegan, gluten free version.
As we don't need to worry about gluten and are not vegans, I adapted it and came up with my own version.

Next time, after hearing the verdict from my daughter, I will increase the brazil nuts to 3 - 4 ounces, reduce the fructose by an ounce and add another tablespoon of cocoa. They are filling and 'robust' as my husband calls them, with a lovely, fudgey texture.

They freeze well too, so make a glut and freeze them for later use.

Brazil nuts are one of the best sources of selnium, which is drastically depleted in our soil due to over farming. Selenium is vital for fertility in both sexes, helps to balance thyroid function and is a powerful antioxidant. Studies have shown that brazil nuts can help prevent breast cancer.

Just three brazil nuts a day will provide your daily recommended amount of selenium, but this is much nicer way of eating them!

Banana and brazil nut brownies

Ingredients

* 2 very ripe bananas
* 6 ounces flour
* 2 tablespoons cocoa
* 3 ounces of fructose
* 140 ml melted butter
* 125 ml milk
* 1 egg
* 2 ounces brazil nuts, crushed

Method

• Mash the bananas in a mixing bowl.
• Sieve in the flour and cocoa.
• Add the fructose, butter and milk
• Mix in the egg
• Mix well then stir in the crushed brazil nuts.
• Put the mixture in a greased brownie tin and bake for 40 minutes at 180.
  

Verdict: 8/10 perfect texture; nice and chewy.
It smells of chips (??!!), don't put so much fruit in next time and not so much fructose; it's a bit sweet.
Could you put more chocolate in next time; they're not very chocolatey?