Peanut butter, almond butter, or even tahini can replace oil—but not one-for-one. Use ¼ cup of nut butter instead of ⅓ cup of oil. Why less? Because nut butters are flavor bombs with attitude.
Your brownies will taste like a Reese’s cup that went to therapy and came out confident. This is excellent. Just be careful with salted nut butters—reduce added salt in the recipe, unless you enjoy brownies that taste like a salt lick on a chocolate farm.
Swap Out That Oil: What Can I Use Instead of Oil in Brownies
Fun exaggeration: one bite of these brownies will make your ancestors weep with pride. They’ll say, “Finally, they used something that wasn’t Crisco.”
