Wednesday, March 13, 2013

A seriously delicious brownie that's good for you??

Okay, here is the best thing you might ever taste.  I discovered these last summer when I was trying to eliminate as much sugar from my diet as possible..  Before the shred and the community and my life was enhanced for the better, you get the picture.

The original recipe is from My New Roots which is a fabulous blog for lots of fun recipes and especially yummy raw desserts.

The Raw Brownie

2 c whole walnuts
1 c pitted medjool dates
1 c chopped raw unsalted almonds
1 c raw cacao powder
1/4 tsp sea salt

1.  chop up walnuts in your food processor until they are like cake crumbs.  Add raw cacao and salt and mix until thoroughly combined.
2.  add dates one at a time while running your food processor.  The resulting mixture should be like a very moist bowl of cake crumbs.  Maybe a little crumbly but should hold together if you press it.

3.  put mixture into a bowl and add chopped almonds.  Use your hands to incorporate the almonds into the brownie mixture

4.  press mixture into an 8x8 pan and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before cutting.  Cut and store in air tight tupperware with parchment paper between layers for up to one week (mine never have lasted that long!)

Enjoy,
Martina


3 comments:

  1. do you know the caloric values?

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  2. Do you know the caloric values?

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  3. Beth we haven't calculated those, sorry, but there are lots of aps that will do it very quickly for you like "my fitness pal" Thanks for looking!!

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