Black Bean Brownies
A Message From Our Nutritionist
You will love this brownie recipes for it’s natural ingredients plus you can’t taste the black beans….promise!
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Portions: 12
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups Canned Black Beans (drained and rinsed)
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- ½ cup quick cook oats
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅓ Cup maple syrup, honey or agave
- Pinch stevia or 2 Tbsp sugar (or omit and increase maple syrup to ½ cup)
- ¼ cup coconut or vegetable oil
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½-⅔ cup chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips in a food processor and blend until completely smooth. (This is the key to disguising the black beans)
- Once blended, stir in the chocolate chips. Reserve a few to sprinkle on top before baking.
- Pour brownie batter into lined muffin trays.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool and Enjoy!
NUTRITIONIST’S TIP:
This healthy brownie recipes uses black beans and oats to amp up the fibre content while being flourless. If you want it to be gluten-free please ensure you buy gluten-free oats. While oats are gluten-free naturally, they can be contaminated with gluten through the processing facility.
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