Sucanat Chocolate Brownies

These brownies got nothin on the box kind.  AND they call for sucanat, not processed white sugar! I found this recipe on the back of this sucanat bag.  Yep, it rocks.  If this doesn't sell you on sucanat, I don't know what will. 

Here's what you need: 

1 1/2 stick butter or margarine

1 bag 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips (or 2 cups)

2 cups sucanat

1 Tbsp. vanilla

5 large eggs, beaten

1 1/4 cups unbleached flour

1/2 tsp. salt

Start by greasing a metal 9x13 pan and preheat oven to 350. In a medium sauce pan, melt margarine and chocolate chips over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. 

Once melted, add sucanat and vanilla.

Stir until well combined. It should have kind of a grainy texture like this.

In a small bowl, beat all eggs, then add to chocolate mixture and briskly stir together to mix well. 

Once eggs are mixed in, add flour and salt. 

Once well combined, pour brownie mixture into the metal pan.  Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Check with a toothpick for doneness. 

Weekly Spotlight: Sucanat

This has got to be one of my favorite healthy alternatives... so yummy!  Now I can bake with a little less guilt.

Sucanat is, basically, dehydrated sugar cane juice, which leaves all of its molasses content in tact. Regular white sugar, is processed and refined and contains little nutritional value. Sucanat, however, ranks the highest of all the sugars that are derived from cane juice. It also has a lower count of sucrose than regular white sugar.

Here are some of its nutritional highlights:
Low in sucrose
High in potassium
High in magnesium
High in vitamin A
Also contains: Chromium, phosphorus, Vitamin B, and calcium

This is a natural, pure, whole food sugar substitute. Its taste is most similar to brown sugar, and is slightly sweeter than refined white sugar. That being said, you can use a 1:1 ratio in your recipes when substituting sugar for sucanat.  I have completely converted over to sucanat, and use it in homemade brownies, cookies, etc.

You can order it online here, or you can find it in a lot of grocery stores in the whole foods and baking sections. (I have yet to see it in Walmart).  I get my sucanat from Sunflower Market. Seriously, it's even just fun to eat.  I wouldn't recommend having spoonfuls of it, but definitely wet the tip of your finger and give it a dip every once in a while! :)