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Ingredients
Serves: 12
Brownie:
- 2 1/2 cups ground almonds
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bread soda
- pinch sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups pitted dates
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 whole eggs (or 3 chia eggs for vegans)
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- (Optional: 2 Tbsp maple syrup)
Ganache :
- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 4 Tbsp coconut milk or any milk
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla
Method
- In a bowl, mix all your dry ingredients with a whisk - ground almonds, cocoa powder, baking powder, bread soda and sea salt. Mix well and set aside.
- Blend all your wet ingredients together with a hand blender - dates, boiling water, vanilla, maple syrup and eggs.
- Mix together all wet and dry ingredients until well combined. Do not over mix.
- Bake in a brownie tin lined with greaseproof paper at 160C Gas Mark 3 for 35-45 minutes. Let cool before decorating.
Ganache:
- Gently melt all your ingredients together - coconut oil, cocoa powder, coconut milk, maple syrup and vanilla.
- Mix well with a whisk, allow to cool slightly and decorate your brownie.
- Alternatively, you could just melt dark chocolate with coconut milk & maple syrup.
