Zucchini and cacao brownie

These healthier brownies are perfect for the work lunchbox. Remember to leave out the walnuts if you are packing it for school.

Recipe «Zucchini and cacao brownie» presented in category Recipes / Child, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup olive oil, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, 2 cups finely grated zucchini , 2 cups self-raising flour, 1/2 cup raw cacao powder, plus extra to sprinkle, Pinch salt , 2/3 cup chopped walnuts, 100g no-added sugar chocolate chopped.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar 
• 1/2 cup olive oil 
• 2 eggs 
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste 
• 2 cups finely grated zucchini 
• 2 cups self-raising flour 
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder, plus extra to sprinkle 
• Pinch salt 
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts 
• 100g no-added sugar chocolate chopped 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C fan-force. Grease and line base and 2 long sides of a 20cm x 30cm lamington pan.
2. Whisk sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla bean paste in a large bowl until combined. Stir through zucchini (no need to squeeze moisture from zucchini) until combined. Sift flour, cacao and salt over zucchini mixture. Stir until combined. Fold walnuts and chocolate through. Spoon into prepared pan. Level surface with a spatula. Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool in pan over a wire rack. Cut into 20 pieces. Sprinkle with extra cacao.