ColleenWaitWrites: Avocado Brownies, No-Bake

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I write as the Spirit moves me. I have prayed about what I'm supposed to do with my life a lot. A lot. Writing. Writing is what I believe God is leading me to do. Whether or not He wants me to write for anyone to read is His business. Much of my writing has been therapy for me so maybe I'm the only one who is supposed to read it. So, why the Blog? As a sounding board, a note pad, a place to keep my ideas and thoughts. A place to share and promote my books, and photography. Written prayers, a place to vent. Possibly, even a place for the unknown reader to learn about the love of Jesus.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Avocado Brownies, No-Bake

Avocado no-bake brownies

In my never-ending search for the perfect chocolate recipe, dairy-free of course, I decided to try something new. There were two brownie recipes that I really liked. One was baked, the other no-bake. One used avocado, the other didn't. Hmm. How could I mash up the recipes? I had recently purchased coconut flour because the store I frequent was out of flaked, which I use regularly so why oh why did they have to run out? In any event, I had on hand avocados, coconut flour, an assortment of raw nuts, and my usual 5-pound bag of dairy-free dark chocolate. With my I-Pad open to both recipes I mentally mashed up the ingredients and came up with this. Viola. It's so yummy.

INGREDIENTS:
2 Haas Avocados
coconut flour
cacao powder (preferably organic and not cocoa powder)
espresso powder
raw honey (if you're a purist vegan, substitute Agave)
hot water
2 Majool dates
raw cashews
dairy-free dark chocolate chips

2 bowls, 4 x 4 pan, plastic wrap, food processor

First: In the first bowl, mash or puree 2 avocados. Add one cup of coconut flour and 1/2 c cacao powder. Stir well. Heat 1/2 c water to very hot, not boiling. Add 1 TBS of espresso powder. Once dissolved, pour into bowl and stir well. Add 1/4 c honey.

Second: Grind 2 large Majool dates with 1 cup of raw cashews. Put this into bowl #2. Then, grind 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips.

Third: Add 1 TBs of the date/cashew mix & 1 TBS of the chocolate chips (ground) into the first bowl.

Fourth: Add the remainder of the ground chocolate into bowl #2 then add 1/4 c honey.

Mixing crust and filling of brownies

5th: Line your pan with plastic wrap. Make sure you have enough to cover all sides.

Pan for avocado brownies

Spoon bowl #2 onto the bottom of the pan and press firmly. This is your crust. Spoon bowl #1 on top of that. Cover with plastic wrap and press until the mixture is flattened.