Cherry Chocolate Fudge Brownies

I’m going to have a few cherry recipes this week, what with the 11lb tub of pitted tart cherries my in-laws brought me :)

With most of the cherries, I made cherry pie filling and froze seven for future use.  Cherry pie is Rob’s favourite dessert. We had it for dessert last night, of course. After I finished making the pie fillings I had so much cherry juice left over and I don’t want to waste it, so I’m coming up with cherry recipes.

First up, I’m switching up a classic.  I took out half of the butter and replaced it with cherry juice.  I’m not a fan of cherries, it’s a texture thing but using the juice and not the fruit is something I can get on board with!

These brownies are moist and the cherry flavour mixes so well with the rich chocolate.

Recipes:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup cherry juice
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup good cocoa
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/3 cup unbleached flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

1. Melt butter in saucepan and add cherry juice. 
2. Mix in sugar and cocoa.
3. Add eggs and combine one at a time.
4. Mix in remaining ingredients and once combined pour into prepared 8 inch square pan.
5. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
6. Let cool, slice and enjoy!

{Nutrition Date per serving: Calories: 139; Carbs: 23g;  Fat: 5g; Protein: 5g}

By cutting the butter in half you’ve decreased the fat content, yay!

I love plain old brownies but these are a fabulous twist on the original genius!

Thanks for looking!

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