Chocolate Beet Brownies – Orange Cat Community Farm

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (or 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup applesauce)
• 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1-1/2 cup unbleached white flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup cooked beets
• 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
• 1/2 cup wheat germ