See Weimar's Newstart Lifestyle Cookbook for an excellent comparison of carob and chocolate.

Ingredients

• 2/3 c. whole wheat pastry flour
  
• ½ c. carob powder
  
• 1/3 c. Sucanat or date sugar
  
• ¾ c. non-dairy milk
  
• 1 T. Ener-G baking powder 1 t. vanilla
  
• 1/3 c. honey
  
• 1 c. chopped nuts
  
• 1 T. powdered coffee subst.(Postum)
  
• ½ t. salt
  

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400o.
   
2. Measure dry ingredients in one bowl and wet in another.
   
3. Prepare 8 x 8” pan with nonstick spray.
   
4. When oven is hot, mix together dry and wet ingredients.
   
5. Stir quickly and place in oven immediately. Speed is important since baking powder is moisture activated.
   
6. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to 350o and continue baking for 25 minutes. Cool and top with Carob Fudge Sauce or Frosting.
   

Nutritional analysis per 1/16 recipe: 115 calories, 4.9 g fat, 18.8 g carbohydrate, 2.2 g protein, 0 mg cholesterol, 2.5 g fiber, 77 mg calcium, .76 mg iron, 170 mg sodium.