Black bean brownies
These incredible fudgy black bean brownies are made without flour. Chocolatey, satisfying, full of goodness and suitable for vegans.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds (linseed)
- 4 tablespoons cold water
- 100 g dates chopped (soaked in hot water if dry)
- 480 g tinned black beans 2 standard 400g tins
- 75 g cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 100 g vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Check your dates. If they're dry you should soak them for 20 minutes in hot water before using. Medjool dates won't need to be soaked.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6. Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line with baking paper.
- Next make your flax eggs. Mix 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds with 4 tablespoon water and set aside to thicken.
- Drain and rinse the two tins of black beans.
- Drain the dates if they've been soaking. Place 100g chopped dates into a food processor and pulse into a puree.
- Add the black beans to the date mixture and pulse again.
- Add the flax eggs, 75g cocoa powder, 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil, 3 tablespoons maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 2 teaspoons baking powder to the black bean mixture and pulse until well combined.
- Stir 100g chocolate chips into the mixture.
- Place the brownie mixture into your prepared cake tin.
- Put into the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes until the top is beginning to crack and the brownie mixture is coming away from the sides of the tin. A skewer inserted in the centre should come away almost clean. Please note that at least one user has found that this cooking time is too long in their oven so please check after 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool in the tin, them remove, cut into squares and store in an airtight container.
Notes
Nutritional information is approximate and is intended as a guide only.
Nutrition
Calories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 6gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 75mgPotassium: 317mgFiber: 7gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 3IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 83mgIron: 3mg
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