One of my favorite readers, Courtney, requested this brownie recipe in a comment last week.
Here is what she said, “Can we have another VOTE?? Every post I am hopeful that I might open it up to find your recipe for scrumptious dark chocolate brownies… I am NEVER disappointed by your posts, but I am still hopeful that I may experience this recipe in the future…”
Now that is just too cute. How could I say no to this sweet request? Courtney lives in Tennessee and I was fortunate enough to meet her at one of my cooking classes here in Boulder, Colorado. She has a great website with all kinds of interesting natural products on it.
Furthermore, this is my older son’s favorite treat. Whenever I ask him what he would like me to bake for him, he says, “brownies.” He loves packing these higher-protein treats in his lunch for dessert.
So, there you have it, everyone! Brownies.
Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 16 ounce jar creamy roasted almond butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1¼ cups honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup cacao powder
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl, blend almond butter until smooth with a hand blender
- Blend in eggs, then blend in honey and vanilla
- Blend in cacao, salt and baking soda, then fold in chocolate chips
- Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish
- Pour batter into dish
- Bake at 325°F for 30-40 minutes
Last spring, I discovered this great Peanut Butter Bar recipe from celiacchicks.com which gave me the idea to make treats out of nut butters. When I coached my son’s little league team, I brought either these nourishing brownies, or Almond Butter Blondies to just about every baseball game.
I recently discovered a fun website called Flavorista.com. Low and behold, I checked it out this morning and saw a fantastic write up on gluten-free by the site’s author, Barr. What I liked best about her take on this timely topic, is that she is one of the few mainstream chefs to offer an “outsider’s” perspective on the world of gluten-free. Very refreshing, witty and informative. Thanks Barr!
Kim says
OH MY! I just fixed a batch of these and they are awesome! No one would ever know there’s no flour in these. Hubby loved them too!
Trista says
These are absolutely amazing! To lower the carbs I substituted 1 tsp of stevia (I use the “NOW organic stevia powdered extract) + 1/4 c. honey in place of agave. They turned out perfect.
Amy says
These look amazing! I will be making them tomorrow for my husbands birthday in lieu of a cake. Keep these yummy recipes coming.
Maisy says
Hi Elana!!
I lovelovelove these brownies!! I have made them once before exactly as the recipe says but was wondering if I could subsitute creamy raw unsalted almond butter for the roasted salted almond butter. What do you think? Thanks so much for bringing so much gluten-free goodness into my life!!
ariana says
wow wow wow….these are the best brownies ever!!! better than the box, and i say this because i looove box brownies, before i went paleo)…but elena…thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Mary says
Can you provide nutrition info on recipes?
Sue says
I cut the recipe in half and baked in an 8×8 Pyrex dish for 25 min. Turned out amazing. Thank you for this recipe!
kelly says
Hi! I am wondering if these brownies would work using stevia instead of honey? Thank you!
Trista says
I just made today substituting with stevia and they turned out amazing! (Kids and husband approved!) I used 1 tsp of stevia (I use the “NOW organic stevia extract powder) + 1/4 c. of honey. I did dissolve the 1 tsp of stevia in 1 tbsp on water.
Malu says
Great ! I will try with stevia! thanks for sharing,
Liz says
I love it! My husband loves it. It’s so simple to make. Now I just need to remember to fold in the nuts first before putting it in the pan. :) to all those asking if they can omit chocolate chips, I added nuts but no chips and it turned out wonderfully.
Risa says
Substituted almond butter for sunflower butter! I don’t like baking soda and always reduce amount and it still turned out delicious! Also, we don’t eat corn (it has gluten too) so our soda is corn free too – not sure if that makes a difference. (Trader Joes has it during winter holiday season for great price).
Suzanne says
Risa,
just saying, corn in its natural state is gluten free, you probably know that already,
but after reading your comment I thought id mention it.