Amazing Everything Brownies
These rich and dreamy brownies and vegan and gluten-free with loads of goodies in each bite. Coconut, nuts and loads of chocolate flavor.
Servings: 9 large brownies
Ingredients
Dry:
- ½ cup cacao or cocoa powder, unsweetened
- ½ cup oat flour (or any other flour you'd like to use)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
Wet:
- ¾ cup applesauce - storebought or homemade
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- ⅓ cup almond butter
- 1 cup pumpkin
- ¼ cup vegan butter, melted
- 2 tablespoon flax seeds
- ½ cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fold in:
- ½ cup chopped nuts (any variety - Walnuts used)
- ½ cup hemp seeds (or another seed or nut)
- 1 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
On Top:
- 1 cup chopped nuts (any variety - salted macadamia used)
- ½ teaspoon fleur de sel or another coarse sea salt
- Optional: Vegan Chocolate Chips for chocolate drizzle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and generously grease an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 baking dish.
- Whisk the flax seeds and water together. Let sit for a few minutes to thicken.
- Pour the flax mixture and all the remaining "wet" ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth. Keep blending on low for 1-3 minutes so that the mixture thickens up with all the flax seeds.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry bowl and stir using a large whisk or a hand or stand mixer. Stir until the batter is smooth and fluffy.
- Fold in the coconut, nuts and seeds.
- Pour the batter into the baking dish and top with the nuts and salt.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 30-35 minutes.
- Cool for at least a few hours if you want to slice to serve. Or eat all warm and messy right out of the pan. Or chill in the fridge and slice into bars.
- Optional: Melt chocolate chips and drizzle the chocolate over top to serve. I use a double broiler to melt my chocolate.