[ccheaath]

Well I made these again and did not screw up the recipe. I really like them. Only I ate one late last night after a few glasses of wine with my hubby. Woke up at 1am with a migraine so bad I wanted to go to the ER but was sleeping au natural and did not want to put clothes on or go out in the heat. I ended up driving my hubby and my dog crazy with my moaning and groaning until I fell asleep at 3am. Don't know if it was the chocolate or the wine or the heat or all three. Anyway point being loved the brownies hated to migraine. Hope they aren't related. As I just had one for my afternoon snack.

Cherie

[skigirlred]

Could be any of a number of factors. I get a migraine when the barometer falls. Hope you're feeling better.
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[Eowyn]

Hi Cherie,

Sorry you are not feeling well . For me I have noticed when I get a migraine, it is always related to something I ate, usually something artificial, like a food dye/sweetener or something acidic. The pain increases until I get so sick to my stomach and ....you know the rest. Then the migraine goes away

As far as the brownies go...I loved them too. I put walnuts on top before they baked, no frosting. I had to freeze them so I didn't eat too many.

I hope you are feeling better today .
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[ccheaath]

Thanks I am feeling better today. I had another brownie and no mirgraine but I did suffer for almost 2 days. Chocolate sometimes can trigger one for me. I really think that it was a combination of factors and heat being the biggest. But feel pretty good today. Thanks for your concern. I will probally have to freeze them so I don't go over board. I also made them without nuts as I am not big fan of them in brownies. I do like nuts just not in brownies.

Cherie

[crazywoman]

Glad you're feeling better Cherie!!!!

I'm like you, I don't like nuts in my brownies nor most cakes either. Don't/didn't put them in breads. Don't know, the texture changes, as well as the taster, & I just don't care for them that way.
And don't like walnuts at all, nor do they like me. And everyones (almost) tends to put them in brownies, breads (sweet), & etc. Course I only eat them now if they are low carbed anyway.

I'm still lookin for a good chewey brownie. Most of the low carb brownines I've found recipes for are the cake like & if I wanted cake, I'd bake cake. I like em chewey & fudgy.
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[Eowyn]

Glad you are doing well. The heat always makes sickness worse. It's good that you can still eat your brownies. I am not really a brownie nut fan either, but I was craving chocolate walnut fudge so I underbaked mine by 5 minutes so they would be extra fudgy. That solved the craving .

Crazywoman:
Here is a brownie recipe I had in my files. I have never made it, you may want to try it out. It sounded pretty good. I use a combo of xylitol and splenda, but if you are a Whey low user, you may get chewy with this one.

Low-Carb Brownies Recipe
From The Low-Carb Gourmet by Karen Barnaby (Rodale, Inc.)

10 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
16 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature (2 sticks)
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1/4 cup each Splenda and Canadian Sugar Twin or 1 cup (240 ml) Splenda
4 large eggs
2 tsp instant coffee granules
1-1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups almond flour
6 Tbsp Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/4 tsp sea salt
1-1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 13 x 9-inch (32.5 x 22.5-cm) baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the chocolate and sweetener. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, scraping the bowl well after each addition. Add the coffee and vanilla and chocolate extracts. Beat until combined.

In a medium bowl, mix the almond meal, cocoa, salt, and baking powder. Add to the chocolate mixture and beat well. Scrape into the prepared pan and smooth the top.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the top is firm. Cool on a wire rack before cutting. Store brownies covered, in the refrigerator.

Yield: 48 brownies

Per brownie. Effective carbohydrates: 1.5 g; Carbohydrates: 2.1 g; Fiber: 0.6 g; Protein: 2.1 g; Fat: 9.7 g; Calories: 99
Made with Splenda only: Add 0.3 g carbohydrates
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[ccheaath]

Thanks Billie for the kind words. I liked the brownies but like you I would rather have something chewy and gooey. If you try Eowyn's recipe let me know if it is any good.

Cherie

[crazywoman]

You're welcome Cherie!!!

I may try out the brownies one of thes days, but don't hold your breath waiting Cherie. I really don't like to cook, and just take it by spells.
Also not only do I not like nuts in my brownies, I really don't like using chocolate, much prefer using cocoa. I might try subing cocoa in the recipe tho. I do use chocolate for some things, and now always keep it on hand, but just don't like using it. Expensive, and such a mess.

Thanks for the recipe Amy! No I don't use Whey Low. At least not yet. I may try it someday.

I came up with a recipe (think I modified one I'd found) for brownies that was pretty good, but I can't eat them. They really hurt me. And I do mean hurt. It used PolyDextrose, and I also used Xylitol in it. I can use PolyD, and I can use Xylitol, but boy I can't combine them. I'm planning on buying some Erithitol & try that in the recipe some day. I hope I can use it in combination with PolyD.
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[Eowyn]

Hi again, Just a note about baking with Erythritol. You may want to combine it with another sweetener. When I baked with it and did not combine, it took on a very sickly sweet hairspray like taste, at least to me. Several month's back, I made Christians banana bread muffins and a chess pie. They both had a weird super sweet tastes. It also produced a very thick hard sugary crust around the muffins and in the pie it never dissolved and also had sunk to the bottom of the pie pan, it was horrible.

***I haven't used Whey Low for 2 years. It just tastes too good, so good that it worries me. I made some butterscotch crunch that blew my mind, from the way it caramelized, I figured it was too good to be true.
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[crazywoman]

Thanks for the tips on Erithritol Amy.
It is usually good to use more than one type of sweetener. Especially with chocolate. And with the right blend (I'm really not good at knowing this) you can also use less chocolate. I've seen the formulas but can't remember them, nor can I understand them. But I do try to combine my sweeteners (some recipes I don't).

Some people have problems such as you described (not the taste, at least that I have heard of) with PolyD. Thankfully, I have had very little problem with PolyD in that manner. I really haven't used it a lot yet tho.

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[missymagoo12]

i love brownies. i might give this a whirl to make. sue

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Billie, if you like chewy fudgey brownies and can tolerate polyd well, this is the recipe you want to make:

Scott's Brownies

Wet

1 stick butter (salted)
2 ounces Nestle's unsweetened chocolate

2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 packet Sweet One Ace-K
13 drops sweetzfree (1/2 C. splenda equivalent)

Dry

1/2 cup Carbalose flour 50 g
1 cup polydextrose 180 g
1/4 cup granular erythritol 54 g

1/2 C. Chopped Pecans (optional)

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Lightly butter an 8x8 pan.

In a large glass bowl, melt butter and chocolate in microwave, stirring every 20 seconds. Make sure chocolate is completely melted. Let chocolate cool briefly, then mix in remaining wet ingredients, whisking in eggs last.

Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Whisk thoroughly to break up any clumps of carbalose. Slowly pour dry into wet while stirring. Fold in nuts if using.

Pour batter into pan and pound on counter a few times to get as much air out as possible.

Bake 80-90 minutes at 275. 20 minutes past when a toothpick comes out clean.

Cut into 6 squares. Let cool on wire rack. Store in an airtight container.

Notes

Nestle's unsweetened chocolate is far superior to Baker's brand.

This makes a dense moist brownie. For those that like their brownies on the fudgey side,

Bake 30-35 minutes at 325.

Excess air will make these brownies cakey rather than dense. The ingredients need to be well mixed, but try not to overmix/incorporate too much air. Don't be afraid to give the batter a good pounding before it goes in the oven.

The sweetener in this comes out about 1 1/4 cups. Multiple sweeteners are essential to the success of the recipe.
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Billie, this recipe makes a brownie that's on par with any brownie I've tasted, lc or otherwise. In other forums, some refer to them as 'orgasmic'

[crazywoman]

Thanks Scott!
I haven't ordered Erithotol yet. Have it on my list to order. I'll probably place an order in the next day or two. Then I'll give them a try. I have everything else. Started to place an order the other night. They had a coupon to use if you ordered $50 worth (Netrition). By the time I got my order together, when I clicked to pay, they said the coupon was no good. Errrrrr...... I was aggrivated, and just backed out. Later, I wondered if it was really because it was already after 12:00 Eastern time (which is what I thought was the reason), or because I had an item which would back order the whole order till about Thursday. Not sure, but it was already too late by the time I thougt of it.
I probably won't get my order till next week, as I still want to order that backordered item when I place my order. But, I've waited this long, I can wait a few more days.

Should I pack down the PolyD? I don't have a way to weigh it.
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[scott123]

Billie, 180 g for 1 cup is using the scoop and level technique.

[crazywoman]

Thanks Scott.
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