Vegan Chocolate Moist, Soft Brownies - Dairy Free, Egg Free, Oil Free, Sugar free and Delicious
Bake 25 minutes for a more fudgy/wet brownie and closer to 30 for a more dry/firm brownie.
Makes 50 2"x1" bars in the Epicure petite squares silicone or
Fills a 9" x 12" glass baking dish.
Adjust the number of servings and the ingredient amounts will re-calculate.
Ingredients
- 19 oz cannellini beans can white kidney beans, drained but not rinsed.
- 7 oz dates
- 2 1/4 cups hot water
- 1 cup pear sliced, leave peel on, or fruit puree like sweet applesauce
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 2 1/4 cups oat flour
- 2/3 cup chocolate chips dairy free
Topping
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips dairy free
Cookware, Optional
- Epicure Perfect Petites Silicon Tray 2
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For 50 bars you will need a 9x12 glass rectangle dish, or 1 Epicure silicone perfect petites tray and 1 8x8 square dish, or two Epicure perfect petite trays.
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Grind oats into oat flour.
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Blend dates, covered with hot tap water, add the rest of the water to the food processor. Before blending, squeeze dried dates to make sure there are no hidden pits - to save your food processor from damage. 7 oz of dates (the default for this recipe) is about 32 individual dates or 200g.
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Add the ingredients except the chocolate chips to a food processor and blend for a minute.
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Scrape down the sides and process for another 1-2 minutes until very smooth.
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Add 2/3 of the chocolate chips (save some for sprinkling on top), pulse a few times to blend in. The more you process the less they will be chips and the more they will be tiny pieces.
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Spread the batter into the pans, making sure to scrape out as much batter as you can, don't leave any of that goodness behind! Spread the top of the batter flat and out to the corners of your pan.
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Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over the top to make your snack look and taste extra special.
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Bake for 25-30 minutes until slightly puffed up, and the top is firm.
Recipe Notes
Make your own oat flour by processing quick cooking oats in a high speed blender or food processor into a fine flour. It's really easy to do this. Measure the oats after blending.
I used about a 1 1/4 cup of loose oats to get a heaping cup of finely ground oats (oat flour). It tastes nice and fresh.