These brownies are a slightly healthier alternative but still fudgy and delicious! They’re also vegan AND gluten free.
INGREDIENTS (Makes 9)
- 100g chocolate (save 50g to fold in at the end)
- 35g smooth peanut butter
- 45g oats
- 15g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tin black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 170 ml maple syrup
- 40g hazelnuts, chopped
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C and line a small baking tin with baking paper
- Melt together 50g of the chocolate and all of the peanut butter together in a microwave
- In a high speed blender or a food processor, blend together the oats, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt until the oats turn into a fine powder
- Add in the beans, vanilla, maple syrup and the chocolate peanut butter mixture
- Once the mixture is smooth, chop the leftover 50g of chocolate into chunks and fold those in
- Transfer the batter into the lined baking dish and bake in the oven for 18 minutes
- Leave to cool before slicing into squares
