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 25-40 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.
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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!
Cameron Bellestri says
cameronbellestri@gmail.com – I tried the recipe using coconut sugar and it was amazing! I used 1 1/3 cups of coconut sugar with about 1/3 cup of nut milk/flax milk. I also added a TBL of ghee and a little more cacao. I was nervous to try it but we didn’t have any honey. The texture was perfect! The batter seemed pretty dense but it turned out great!! Thanks for an amazing recipe!
Cameron Bellestri says
Oops small error in my ingredient swap! I actually mixed coconut sugar and monk fruit sweetener. I used 1/2 cup of monk fruit sweetener and 1/2 cup plus 1/3 cup of coconut sugar.
Elana says
Thanks Cameron!
Kim says
Would this recipe be considered ok for Whole30?
Elana says
Kim, most of the ingredients are Whole30 compliant but the dessert itself is not. For more on this please see my Whole30 page:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/whole30/
Enjoy!
Elana
Autumn says
These are some of the best brownies I have ever tasted. If you shorten the baking time a minute or two they’ll come out gooey inside with a nice exterior crust. Very fluffy too! I don’t think I’ll ever go back to making normal brownies after tasting these. I am passing on this recipe to many. Definitely worth making!
Elana says
Autumn, I’m so happy to hear this recipe is definitely worth making and that these are some of the best brownies you’ve ever had!
Nani says
Hi Elana,
I’ve made this recipe a number of times and love it! All I have is a full jar of sunbutter in my pantry at the moment…Do you think I could sub the almond butter for sun and have similar results? Have you or anyone done this before? Trying to avoid a trip to the market.
Cheers,
Nani
Elana says
Nani, here’s a link to my Sunbutter Brownie recipe for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/sunbutter-brownies/
Enjoy!
Elana
Jess says
Hi can you add coconut sugar into this recepie or what else can you add to make it sweeter? The honey doesn’t do it for my boyfriend but still wanting to keep it healthy :) tia
Elana says
Jess, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here’s a recipe of mine that is very sweet that your boyfriend will love:
https://elanaspantry.com/triple-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Enjoy!
Elana
Kim Vilasi says
I would like to use swerve instead of honey. But I don’t want to flop…has anyone tried it and if it turns out how much did you use?
Elana says
Kim, I think you’ll like this recipe:
https://elanaspantry.com/keto-brownies/
Enjoy!
Elana
Shannen says
Hi. Trying this recipe for the first time. I live in Evergreen and sometimes things cook a touch different up here. There is a huge time difference between 25 and 40 mins. Is there any way to stick a knife in and know how it should look if it is done enough?
Elana says
Shannen, I’ve made the cooking time between 25 and 40 minutes to accommodate different ovens :-)
Tina says
Hello, I am pleased to say these are absolutely delicious brownies. So yummy. My only regret…..I only made half the recipe, which worked really well. I won’t have had to worry about left overs lol. Next time I won’t make that mistake…..go big or go home! 9×13 all the way baby!!!!!
Elana says
Thanks Tina! So glad to hear these brownies were absolutely delicious :-)
Cindy says
Haha…I did the same…halved it! Probably a good idea though, as I’ve eaten 4 already! They are SO delicious. Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated ?
Elana says
Cindy, you’re welcome! I’m glad that these are SO delicious!
Diona Vaughan says
oh my GAWD!! I used maple syrup instead of honey, trader joes salted almond butter, dark chocolate pieces and added some walnuts and these were AMAZING!!! Hands down best brownies I’ve ever had. I used a 9×9 square pan which required an additional 15 minutes of baking but the finished product? RIDICULOUS
Elana says
Diona, great to hear that these were the best brownies you’ve ever had!
April Hastings says
Has anyone tried to make these as brownie bites using a small muffin tray? Thanks for any advice!
Elana says
April, that sounds amazing! If you experiment please let us know how it goes.
Sam says
I made these brownies yesterday. I used homemade cashew butter instead of almond butter (since I’m allergic to almonds) and I took out the chocolate chips from the recipe since I didn’t have any. The recipe was perfect and my brownies came out soft and fluffy and delicious. It was absolutely amazing how good I felt after eating it. Not feeling weighed down and bloated was also a plus as well. Definitely try this out!!!! Loved it.
Elana says
Sam, I’m glad you thought this recipe was perfect! We love it too :-)
Gloria says
I am a new gluten free consumer. I love the brownies so much and the fact that they are so healthy means we can eat them often. I still can’t believe I made this with almond butter!
Jordan Hier says
WOW! Elana these brownies sound delicious. I am definitely going to have to make a batch of brownies this way. I normally just follow the ingredients and the steps on the back of the brownie mix box from the store. I recently found an amazing raw cacao based blend of only four other natural heart healthy ingredients, that I am going to put in there! I love raw cacao and the great benefits that it gives you. I absolutely love all of your recipes! They are all SO creative! Keep it up!
Kat says
Was so excited to make these! Not sure what I did wrong but mine did not come out as expected: they are dry, crumbly, and not sweet at all. They aren’t horrible, but not great or even all that good. I used stevia and honey and even added 2 tablespoons of milk.
Feeling bummed. But will still use it as a crumble topping over vanilla ice cream. :D
Elana says
Hi Kat, these brownies are very moist –I hope you’ll try them again without adding adding stevia and milk to the recipe. They are truly decadent and I think you’ll love them!
May says
You need to copy the recipe exactly. I’ve tried it many times and it has never failed. I’ve found that every time I try to venture into using stevia, the recipe fails. I’ve learnt that it’s not the recipe itself but the stevia. Perhaps I’m not too good at using it in recipes.
Please for the sake of your taste buds try this recipe (the exact recipe) again. It’s absolutely wonderful and an all time favourite of mine.
Elana says
Hi May, thanks for your comment and for letting people know that if they follow the recipe it will work :-)