vegan fudge brownies

hello friends!

so this is the point (cerca week two, to be optimistic or cynical, depending on your point of view) in the year when new years resolve is starting to weaken a bit.

though i am certainly far from throwing in towel, i'm starting to sense to feast-famine pattern of postings that is likely to start occurring, with emphasis on "feast" on these things called weekends, during which i occasionally manage to capture that rare beast known to some as "spare time".

ok, there will be no more gratuitious use of quotation marks for the rest of this post, so you can put your rotten tomatoes away.

what i am really getting at here is that though i am cooking consistently throughout the week, i will definitely need to make a more protracted effort to make sure that i'm posting in some semblance of real-time - with a liberal definition of being within the week.

but, as a show of my good feelings (and attempt at appeasement), here is the most amazing brownie recipe i know of. say what you will about vegan foods, but these brownies are by far the best i have encountered. something about the creative substitutions for dairy that really does the trick if you are into the idea of dense baked goods - which i am certainly in favor of. caution - these are heavy. as in, can use as a doorstop heavy. or, can eat for breakfast and be sustained for a good few hours heavy. not that i've done that for the past two days, or anything.

Vegan Fudge Brownies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 16 oz package silken tofu
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup dark cocoa powder
• 1 cup Earth Balance

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Puree tofu until smooth (in food processor, blender, or by hand). Add brown sugar, salt, and vanilla.
3. Melt margarine in a saucepan over low heat. Whisk in white sugar and cocoa powder until smooth.
4. Combine cocoa mixture with tofu mixture until well incorporated.
5. Fold in flour.
6. Pour into pan, bake at 350, until toothpick comes out clean (usually around 30-40 min).

Voila! In terms of difficulty and time commitment, probably not too much more or less than your standard recipe (unless your recipe consists of: opening betty crocker package, adding eggs and water, and baking. and even then, still not too much more).

But trust me. It's worth it. Just a note, you might want to make some coffee during the last five minutes while these babies are baking to have with your first piece.

(You can thank me later.)