Description
Moist, dense, and fudgey oat flour almond butter brownies with a salted date caramel frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax plus 2.5 tbsp water)
- 3/4 cup almond butter (other nut and seed butters work well- tahini, cashew butter, peanut butter, etc.)
- 2 tbsp virgin coconut oil
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 3 tbsp almond milk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups oat flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
Salted Date Caramel Frosting
- 12 pitted soft Medjool dates (the softer, the better)
- 4 tbsp almond butter (other nut and seed butters work, too)
- 1/8–1/4 tsp fine sea salt (depending on how salty you like it)
- 1 tbsp virgin coconut oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 8×8-inch or 9×9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper, leaving enough overhang to allow for easy lift-out.
- Place the flax and water in a large bowl, whisk, and let it thicken for two minutes.
- Add the almond butter, coconut oil, coconut sugar, maple syrup, milk, and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the oat flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the almond butter mixture and stir to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips. The batter will be quite thick: more like a dough.
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish, using wet fingers to push it out towards each corner of the pan.
- Bake for 18 minutes for a moist, gooey brownie or 20 minutes for a slightly more firm brownie.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool fully before frosting.
- To make the salted caramel frosting, place the dates, almond butter, salt, coconut oil, lemon juice, and almond milk in a food processor and process until ultra smooth. This might take a few minutes, but be patient: it will get there!
- Lift the brownie from the pan and transfer to a flat surface before frosting. Slice into 12-16 squares. You might not need all of the frosting; leftover frosting makes a delicious dip for apple slices!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
