Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
Ingredients:
Brownie Batter-
1/2 cup dates (GAG!)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup navy beans, mashed (GAG!)
1/4 cup coconut sugar (I used plain ol' granulated sugar)
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup cocoa powder (I used unsweetened)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
Peanut Butter Swirl-
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup navy beans, mashed (GAG!)
2 Tbsp unsweetened non-dairy milk (I used almond)
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Place dates in a 1/2 cup dry measuring cup and pour hot water over them until the measuring cup is full. Let sit for 5-10 minutes (depending on how hard the dates are) (GAG! I once saw some tv show about dates... supposedly wasps lay their eggs in them... GAG!!)
3. Add peanut butter, beans (GAG!), non-dairy milk, sugar, and vanilla to food processor and blend until combined. Add the soaked dates and the soaking water and blend again until smooth (that's right... GAG!).
4. In a medium bowl mix together cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
5. Pour the blended mixture (from step 3) into the bowl (from step 4) and stir until combined.
6. Pour into lined 8x8 baking pan and set aside.
7. Prepare the peanut butter swirl by adding the peanut butter, beans (GAG!) and non-dairy milk to a food processor and blend until smooth.
8. Using a spoon drop spoonfuls of peanut butter swirl batter randomly over the brownie batter (also known as GAGGY BEAN BATTER WITH COCOA).
9. Insert a butter knife into the center of a peanut butter swirl blob (right down to the bottom of the pan) and pull the knife away from the blob in a swirl-like pattern. Repeat until all of the peanut butter swirl blobs have been cut/swirled into the brownie batter. Resist the urge to gag.
10. Bake for 45 minutes and let cool completely in the pan before cutting and serving.
11. Rather than throwing the whole batch of brownies in the garbage disposal because you're freaked out by the dates and the beans, surprise yourself! Take a bite... enjoy... share with your friends and family... savor the fact that you aren't gagging but instead are finding yourself quite pleased with the finished creation! Who the hell knew that dates, navy beans (GAG!) and chocolate could come together so nicely?!
Yummy! Have you read the blog Oh She Glows? Awesome vegan cooking blog. Have happily made several of her recipes.
ReplyDeleteWow. I am impressed with your perseverance and faith in the face of mashed beans. Glad it worked out!
ReplyDeletecolor me impressed!
ReplyDeleteAnd ya know, The Pretentious Vegans would be a great name for a band. Just saying. If you ever write a song called the navy bean blues, it should be performed by The Pretentious Vegans.
ReplyDeleteI really want to try these. I love mashed beans, so that helps. Of course, the peanut butter and chocolate help too! Is there a place to figure out the protein level? It seems high, a good thing. One more question...what's a "sugar processor"? It's in Step 3. Hoping it's a typo, 'cause I shouldn't buy another appliance. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a band... The Pretentious Vegans. I think I would play the fiddle.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous- I have no idea on the protein level. I wonder if there's some kind of calculator out there we could type in the ingredients and get some feedback on? Surely there is??
Also- a sugar processor is actually a food processor. I know that seems unusual, but for realz it is. Or, like you were saying, it's a typo. Which it also is. A typo for food processor.
Now I need more coffee.