
A Brownie Recipe to Quell Your Sweet Tooth
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups of prunes, pitted
- 2/3 cup almond meal
- 5 tablespoons cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of sea salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons almond butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- Zest of 1 large orange
For the frosting (optional)
- 80g dairy-free chocolate
- 1/4 cup coconut cream
Method
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
- Grease a 20cm square baking tin and line base and sides with baking paper
- Put 1 cup of prunes in a bowl and cover with hot water. Let soak for 10 minutes. Chop the remaining 1/2 cup of prunes and set aside.
- In your food processor, whizz all the dry ingredients together
- Drain the prunes and add them to the dry ingredients, along with the eggs, oil, honey, almond butter, zest and vanilla
- Whizz everything together until well combined and you have a thick and creamy batter
- Remove the blade from the food processor and stir the chopped prunes through the batter
- Spoon mixture into prepared pan and spread evenly to edges and corners
- Bake for 25 minutes
- Let cool in tin slightly before removing
- To prepare icing, heat the coconut cream until almost boiling
- Pour over chopped chocolate pieces and let sit for a few minutes, then stir until you have a thick spreadable frosting
- Spread onto the cooled brownie, then slice into squares
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