Chocolate Brownies Grain Free

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup almonds
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 2 1/2 cups cooked, drained black beans
• 1/4 cup unrefined coconut oil (melted)
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 red apple, cored and chopped
• 10 dates, pitted
• 2/3 cup chocolate protein powder
• 1/4-1/2 cup maple syrup (Taste the batter before baking and adding nuts, just sweeten to taste)
• 1/2 tsp fine ground sea salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Soak and rinse your black beans. Ideally you can make them on your own which is preferable to canned.
2. Preheat oven to 350�F. Use parchment paper to line your baking dish�it makes for easy lift-out and cutting of brownies once cool.
3. Place all ingredients except nuts in the food processor and mix until creamy. You may need to pulse it a few times to get it going.
4. Once creamy, add nuts and pulse about 10-20 times, just enough to break them up a bit�not too much. You want texture.
5. Spread into 9�9 pan and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean after inserting.
6. If you�ve cooked for over 45 mins and you still get a bit of batter on your knife, go ahead and remove and allow to cool completely. This usually happens with the 9″ baking pan, but it�s a-ok. The center will become like fudge once cooled.
7. Once cool, lift out of pan by the parchment, cut up and enjoy. Store them in a glass container with a lid in the fridge.