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Snow day!  I just walked to the local Organic Market and bought ingredients for my black bean brownie recipe I’ve been working on.

Ingredients:

• 1 – 15 oz can of black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 of a large extra ripe avocado
• 2 large pastured eggs
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil
• 2/3 cup organic raw cacao powder (or unsweetened cocoa powder if unavailable)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup organic turbinado sugar (or light brown sugar if unavailable)
• 1 t molasses
• 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1/4 cup mini dark chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350º F and grease an 8×8 baking pan with coconut oil.
2. Put everything except chocolate chips into a food processor and pulse until well combined.
3. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Pour batter into pan and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the top begins to crack open.
5. Cool pan on a wire rack, and then cut into 16 even squares.
6. Refrigerate and enjoy throughout the week as a delicious and healthier chocolately dessert!!

I made these to bring to work for my dad’s birthday tomorrow.  I am debating whether or not to disclose the ingredients, or just to present them as “brownies”.  We’ll see!  😉