Black Bean Brownies and Buckwheat Crowns!

I am always looking for new baking recipes that are healthier than normal! On Friday I was visiting my family on the coast, and because my sister is allergic to the majority of the food pyramid, I love nothing more than trying to figure out yummy recipes that fit into her diet. So the main thing I was looking for this lovely friday afternoon was- NO Gluten, Dairy, Eggs and my favourite..no refined sugar!

All Ingredients in my recipes are pretty easy to fined, however most you won't find at your general supermarket. You will have to look around at health food stores like Mrs Flanneries or Healthy Life

I decided to try 2 recipes which fit into both of these categories...Brownies and Cookies..

The first recipe is for Brownies made with black beans...yes you read it correctly..beans! Dont worry..you would have had NO idea these contained beans, they were so rich and fudgey!

Blend together all wet ingredients in Food Processor or Blender

1 can cooked black beans (I'd say any beans would work)

2 flax eggs *(see note)

Carob syrup (3 Tbsp carob powder blended with 2 Tbsp Honey/Agave & 2 Tbsp water)

1/4 cup honey/agave

1/4 cup brewed coffee

2 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup melted coconut oil

Sift together, then mix into wet ingredients

1/2 cup raw cacao powder

2 tbsp arrowroot powder

1 tsp cinnamon

Mix in

1/4-1/2 cup of dark chocolate

Grease and dust a small cake tin with coconut oil and bake in a 180degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until knife comes out clean.

These taste even better out of the freezer! Sort of like rich dark chocolate ice cream squares.

Hoping they dont taste how they look here!

(* A flax egg is 1 Tbsp of ground flax seed wisked with 3 Tbsp of water and left for 2 minutes)

aaannndddd the end result

Next up was BUCKWHEAT CROWN COOKIES!

Ingredients

1 cup of buckwheat flour

1/4 cup of ground flax seed

2 Tbsp coconut sugar

1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup water

1 flax egg (1 Tbsp flaxmeal mixed with 3 Tbsp water)

3.5 Tbsp melted coconut oil

1 Tbsp almond butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 200 Degrees C

Combine all dry ingrediants first and then mix in wet. Mix together with your hands and roll out (1/4 inch thickness ) on a dusted cutting bored with a rolling pin.

Baked for 10 minutes :)

The final result!