Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 1 and 1/4 cup flour (I used a white whole wheat and spelt mix) see note*
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
“Wet” Ingredients
- Chia “egg” / or one egg (Chia egg = 2 tbsp chia seeds plus 5 tbsp water)*
- 1/2 cup pureed pumpkin + 1 tbsp*
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil*
- 1/2 cup cocao (or high quality cocoa)
- 1/2 cup cane sugar*
- 4 tbsp honey*
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar)*
- 1/2 cup of hot strong coffee*
- And…
- 50 grams of finely cut up dark chocolate (or 1/3 cup chocolate chips!)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350ºf or 180ºc.
- Soak 2 tbsp of chia seeds in 5 tbsp of water. Leave the chia seeds to turn into an “egg-like” gel while preparing dry and wet ingredients (about 5 minutes)!
- Put dry ingredients in a medium size bowl. Mix.
- Put wet ingredients in a large bowl (including chia egg). Whisk together until very smooth.
- Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Fold the wet ingredients into flour mixture. Fold until everything is well combined. The dough will be thick!
- Fold in the dark chocolate “chips”.
- Spread into lightly oiled brownie pan.
- Bake for twenty minutes or until toothpick comes out almost clear.
- Let sit for 20 minutes and Voila! Enjoy!
Notes
- – These brownies work great with white whole wheat or spelt flour – All-purpose, light whole wheat and a gluten-free would work well!
- – If you don’t have cane sugar on hand use white or a light brown sugar.
- – If you are strict vegan or just don’t have honey on hand you can sub your favourite kind of syrup (maple, agave, rice…)
- – If you are out of vinegar – you can just leave it out altogether (brownies will just be denser)!
- – If you don’t have any coconut oil on hand you can also use walnut oil, canola oil, peanut oil or even olive oil!
- -Pureed sweet potato would also taste great in this recipe! You cannot taste the pumpkin but it acts as a great fudgey “binder” in the brownies instead of heaps of oil or butter!
- -Let these cool down completely before cutting , you will get a much better “cut” to your brownie!
- Nutritional Benefits: Very high in Vitamin A and manganese, no cholesterol, high in fiber and iron. Also contains a healthy dose of iron and calcium!
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 20