No-guilt Brownies

Yes, you can watch your diet and enjoy brownies, too! These light and luscious treats are the perfect cure for a serious chocolate craving. —Rita Ross, Delta, OH

Takes: 30 min. • Makes: 16 brownies

3 large egg whites

³/₄ cup

1% cottage cheese

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

1 cup sugar

³/₄ cup all-purpose flour

¹/₂ tsp. baking powder

¹/₄ tsp. salt

2 tsp. confectioners’ sugar

1. Place the egg whites, cottage cheese and vanilla in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Add chocolate; cover and process just until blended, 15-20 seconds. Combine the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt; add to cottage cheese mixture. Cover and pulse until just moistened.

2. Spread in an 8-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes (do not overbake). Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar. Cut into bars.

1 brownie: 117 cal., 3g fat (2 sat. fat), 1mg chol., 107mg sod., 19g carb. (13 sugars, 1 fiber), 3g pro.

Diabetic exchanges: 1 starch, ¹/ ₂ fat.