Author Notes: I was cooking for a community collective cooking class, the topic was beans. I was looking for a tasty dessert incorporating this cheap and healthy ingredient. I found it on 101cookbooks, but needed a less complicated recipe- and so here it is! —Myrite
Makes: 12-24 brownies
Ingredients
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1/2
cup brown sugar
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1
can of black beans
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1
tablespoon instant coffee
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1/4
cup cocoa powder
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1
cup crushed walnuts
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1/2
teaspoon baking powder
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3
eggs
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1
tablespoon ground flax seed
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a
splashes water
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dashes salt
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1
packet chocolate chips/dark chocolate
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4
tablespoons canola oil
Directions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8 by 8 square baking dish.
- Mix the flax with a splash of water until it becomes an “eggy” consistency. (For vegan recipes you can replace eggs with three times flax mixture)
- crush the walnuts into small peices in blender or by hand, and set aside. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 40 seconds or on double broiler.
- Combine the rinsed black beans, flax egg, melted chocolate,eggs, oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, sugar, and instant coffee in a blender; blend until smooth.
- Place mixture into 8 by 8 greased baking dish. Top with crushed walnuts and place in the oven for 30 minutes.Enjoy!