[CyndiM]

Has anyone ever experimented with half beans half flour in brownies or other cake-like goodies? I'm thinking of trying a hybrid gingerbread recipe and looking for tips or warnings

Thanks!

[Schmoodle]

I haven't, but if beans work in the brownies, why not gingerbread? Great idea!

[baristamon]

i would use canelli beans. i used to have a recipe for vanilla bean cake, and thats the kind it called for. lost the recipe though

[Ruthxxx]

The only thing I'd wonder about is the leavening. Brownies are kind of flat but gingerbread is cake or are you talking cookies? Baking is chemistry, remember.

[baristamon]

you could also try using whole wheat cake flour in place of white flour, and a sugar substitute.

[CyndiM]

I'm thinking this is a treat not a regular thing so I'm going to go ahead and use ww flour, replace the oil & eggs with applesauce, and make mini muffins to control portion sizes.

[baristamon]

Sounds like a great plan! Let us know how they turn out

[cottagebythesea]

Let us know how they turned out, Cyndi!

I was thinking maybe garbanzo flour would be even better than ww flour in a gingerbread recipe. And I'd use agave nectar as the sugar substitute. I'd also add some baking powder with a tiny pinch of salt.