Passover Brownies

justcallmetoni's Note:

Need a chocolate fix during the holidays? Though I'm not Jewish, this recipe looked intriguing to me so I'm saving it as a gift the next time I'm invited to a Seder. (Yes, in my kitchen it would not be Kosher, but my friends are not that religious.) The combination of fruits --raisins, bananas and applesauce -- should give these a very moist brownie like texture.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 tablespoons potato starch
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 dash salt
• 1 mashed ripe banana
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup matzo cake meal (If you don't have matzo cake meal, put some matzo meal in a blender to make it a bit more fine than)
• 1/4 cup raisins (make sure they are plump, not dry) or 1/4 cup currants (make sure they are plump, not dry)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Lightly grease an 8" x 8" glass pan.
3. Mix together in mixing bowl the potato starch and water. Add in the sugar, cocoa and a dash of salt. Once blended, add in the mashed banana, applesauce, matzo meal and raisins.
4. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 25-30 minutes. Cut when cool.

Reviews

[Chef #1232521]

I wouldn't rate this one star - it was terrible. Used recipe omitting raisins, baked for 30 minutes. Edges were dried out and rest was mush. Tasted terrible. Don't waste your time or money!

[Esther in Atlanta, GA]

Made it for passover kids loved it

[Karen67]

For those of you that aren't Jewish and haven't had to deal with Passover desserts, you need to understand that Passover recipes are just not as good as year-round recipes. It's hard to make a dessert without any levened products or flour. That said, I was really impressed with these brownies. I followed the recipe exactly except for leaving out the raisins/currants. They cooked for 30 minutes and were very fudgy with a strong banana flavor. I cut my pan into 16 tiny squares since I had another dessert too for my dinner party, but I think this really serves closer to 9 if this was the only dessert. My nephew finished off the platter...eating 4 or 5 of the tiny squares! I love the combination of chocolate & banana, and plan to try these subbing corn starch for the potato starch, and flour for the cake flour...which would make the recipe more like regular brownies when it isn't Passover. I think it would also be great dusted with powdered sugar if not during Passover.