Easy Avocado Brownies
These melt-in-your-mouth fudgy avocado brownies are butter-free, gluten-free and dairy-free and taste just as good as regular brownies, if not even better!
Serving: 8
Calories: 181kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g 70% dark chocolate
- 200 g avocado flesh, about 2 avocados
- 2 eggs
- ½ vanilla pod
- 1 tablespoon water
- 85 g Dutch cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoon demerara or brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey, optional
- ½ tablespoon baking soda
- Pinch of sea salt flakes
To serve:
- 120 g salted caramel sauce or dulce de leche, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C/360°F. Grease with a little olive oil a 8" x 6'' baking pan.
- Melt the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl over a pan of boiling water. Once melted, let it cool a little.
- Add the avocado flesh into a mixer, then fold in eggs, vanilla and water. Blend all ingredients until creamy.
- Add in sugar, cocoa powder, honey if you like and a pinch of sea salt. Mix all ingredients, fold in baking soda and stir until just combined.
- Transfer the mixture into your prepared pan, levelling out the top and spreading well out the mix to all of the edges.
- Sprinkle with sea salt flakes and bake in the oven for 20-25 min, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before taking out of the pan. Cut into square and drizzle with caramel sauce if you like. Enjoy!
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Notes
These brownies are very fudgy, add 2 tablespoon of flour into the mixture to get a bit of cake-like texture. You can also add 2 tablespoon almond flour to keep it gluten-free.
Originally posted in June 2015 and updated with new info.
Originally posted in June 2015 and updated with new info.
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Nutrition
Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 228mg | Potassium: 390mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 101IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 3mg
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.