Black Bean Brownies

These delicious and spicy brownies are made without wheat flour. If you don’t care for spice with your chocolate, the cayenne pepper can be omitted, or traded for cinnamon. 

BlackBean Brownies

  • 1/3 cup almond meal
  • 2 cups black beans (cooked)
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup cayenne pepper, optional
    • or ½ teaspoon cinnamon, optional
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup peanut butter (other nut butters can be substituted; almond or soy butter)
  • ¼ cup cocoa nibs
  • ½ cup chocolate chips

Combine all ingredients, except the cocoa nibs and chocolate chips, in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Remove the blade and mix in the nibs and chips by hand.

Pour batter into a buttered 9” x 9” pan.

Bake at 350o F for 25 – 30 minutes.

Allow the brownies to cool before cutting into squares and removing from the pan.

 

Recipe modified by Jane Blaisdell. Original recipe by Laurie Ann March, Another Fork in the Trail, 2011.

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Author: madesimplybyjane

I have had a passion for cooking and eating healthy food for most of my life. My professional training includes a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Culinary Arts from Bastyr University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Home Economics and Secondary Education from Western Washington University. As a lifelong teacher of all ages, my focus is teaching people how to cook simple meals for their families. My belief is anyone, even children, can learn to prepare healthy, inexpensive, delicious meals for themselves and those they care for. I absolutely love to help unravel the mystery of bread making, combine whatever produce is on hand to prepare a delicious soup or stew, or create something new with whomever is interested in participating. As a former preschool teacher, I still enjoy playing in the kitchen with children. I am also an ovarian cancer survivor, and a team leader and fund raiser for a local organization funding ovarian cancer research. My home is in Lake Forest Park, Wa. where I live with my husband, Mark, and our cat, Gilbert. When not teaching, I like to garden, hike, kayak, and cook for friends and family.

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