Mum likes to make a Raw brownie cake for our birthdays.  When we are lucky they also come in the shape of the number of our birthday.

Check out the recipe below (thank you Sarah) from My New Roots

The Raw Brownie
Ingredients:
2 cups whole walnuts
2 ½ cups Medjool dates, pitted
1 cup raw cacao
1 cup raw unsalted almonds, roughly chopped
¼ tsp. sea salt

Directions:
1. Place walnuts in food processor and blend on high until the nuts are finely ground.
2. Add the cacao and salt. Pulse to combine.
3. Add the dates one at a time through the feed tube of the food processor while it is running. What you should end up with is a mix that appears rather like cake crumbs, but that when pressed, will easily stick together (if the mixture does not hold together well, add more dates).
4. In a large bowl (or the pan you plan on putting the brownies in), combine the walnut-cacao mix with the chopped almonds. Press into a lined cake pan or mold. Place in freezer or fridge until ready to serve (it is also easier to cut these when they are very cold). Store in an airtight container.

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A Raw Brownie Recipe

 

Author:

Mandy King

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 16

Prep time:5 mins

Total time:5 mins

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Ingredients

• 2 cups walnuts (I used raw, organic)
• 2 cups pitted dates (I used medjool)
• ½ cup raw cacao powder
• ¼ cup carob powder (if you don’t have this, you could put another ¼ cacao powder)
• ¼ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 cup almonds, chopped
• 1 TBSP maple syrup (see note above re texture)
• sprinkling of salt

Instructions

1. In food processor, pulse almonds until chopped, but not fully ground (these give the brownies some texture). Then, remove from food processor.
2. Pulse walnuts until nicely ground.
3. Add the coconut flakes, salt, cacao/carob powders and continue to mix.
4. Add the dates (not all at once) while the food processor is on (I dropped through the top opening one at a time)
5. Add in the maple syrup and coconut oil
6. Add back in almonds and pulse just enough to mix
7. Place in 8×8 baking tin (lined with parchment paper or coconut oil) and press down so they won’t fall apart
8. Place in freezer for 30 minutes and then try not to eat the entire batch!

– See more at: https://healthyeatingandliving.ca/a-raw-brownie-recipe/#sthash.y8ZhLONg.dpu

A Raw Brownie Recipe

 

Author:

Mandy King

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 16

Prep time:5 mins

Total time:5 mins

Print

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups walnuts (I used raw, organic)
• 2 cups pitted dates (I used medjool)
• ½ cup raw cacao powder
• ¼ cup carob powder (if you don’t have this, you could put another ¼ cacao powder)
• ¼ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 cup almonds, chopped
• 1 TBSP maple syrup (see note above re texture)
• sprinkling of salt

Instructions

1. In food processor, pulse almonds until chopped, but not fully ground (these give the brownies some texture). Then, remove from food processor.
2. Pulse walnuts until nicely ground.
3. Add the coconut flakes, salt, cacao/carob powders and continue to mix.
4. Add the dates (not all at once) while the food processor is on (I dropped through the top opening one at a time)
5. Add in the maple syrup and coconut oil
6. Add back in almonds and pulse just enough to mix
7. Place in 8×8 baking tin (lined with parchment paper or coconut oil) and press down so they won’t fall apart
8. Place in freezer for 30 minutes and then try not to eat the entire batch!

– See more at: https://healthyeatingandliving.ca/a-raw-brownie-recipe/#sthash.y8ZhLONg.dpuf

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