I am really excited to take part in The Nourishing Sweets and Treats Carnival at The Nourishing Gourmet. I was inspired by Kimi's post about Natural sweeteners and decided try and revamp one of our favorite Brownie recipes ( I say one because we have another super good one...I'll share that later).
I remember Laura of Heavenly Homemakers saying that you have not really tasted a brownie if you have not eaten one made with rapadura. So rapadura was my sweetener of choice for this recipe. And she was not wrong...it was DELICIOUS!
Delicious Brownies
3 eggs
1/2 cup butter (organic, unsalted)
1/4 cup vegetable oil (I used Grape seed oil - but believe Palm oil would work well too)
2 cups rapadura
1/2 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (we used freshly ground wheat - superb!)
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp. salt
Combine eggs, butter, oil, rapadura, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Stir until well blended.
Evenly spread batter in a greased 8 x 8 pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 25 to 30 minutes. Watch carefully after 20 minutes as you don't want these to overbake.
Allow to cool for a few minutes...then taste the chocolatey goodness.
Yum!
I got a little over excited by all this and tried out a number of things I want to share with you here: Apple crumble, cranberry chocolate cookies, and raw fruit and nut cream! Time is running short for me tonight, hopefully I will get those posted in the morning.
Visit The Nourishing Gourmet for more nourishing sweets and treats recipes. Be sure to share yours too.
Originally posted on Dec. 15, 2008 at my old blog
1/2 cup butter (organic, unsalted)
1/4 cup vegetable oil (I used Grape seed oil - but believe Palm oil would work well too)
2 cups rapadura
1/2 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (we used freshly ground wheat - superb!)
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp. salt
Combine eggs, butter, oil, rapadura, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Stir until well blended.
Evenly spread batter in a greased 8 x 8 pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 25 to 30 minutes. Watch carefully after 20 minutes as you don't want these to overbake.
Allow to cool for a few minutes...then taste the chocolatey goodness.
Yum!
I got a little over excited by all this and tried out a number of things I want to share with you here: Apple crumble, cranberry chocolate cookies, and raw fruit and nut cream! Time is running short for me tonight, hopefully I will get those posted in the morning.
Visit The Nourishing Gourmet for more nourishing sweets and treats recipes. Be sure to share yours too.
Originally posted on Dec. 15, 2008 at my old blog
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