Baked Brownie


Words can not express how much i love this brownie...this recipe is to die for! I literally inhaled my tester piece (which my snapchat friends know all about)! It was out of this world delicious!

The brownie itself is crumbly and dry (still tastes amazing) but i tried my piece with a big dollop of natural greek yogurt and it was a match made in heaven! The moisture of the yogurt counteracts the dryness of the brownie and the result is divine!
Do try it on its own and if you do find it too dry serve it with some natural greek yogurt. Personally i enjoyed it more with the yogurt :)!

To make it even better, if it could get any better, this recipe only has 5 ingredients which makes it so quick and easy and has a very short bake time in the oven.



Ingredients 

2 cups of walnuts
20 medjool dates (or normal dates if you can't find medjool)
1 teaspoon of natural vanilla extract (you can use normal vanilla extract)
3/4 cup of cacao powder (or cocoa if you must, you can use less cacao for less of a bitter chocolate taste, 1/2 a cup would work fine)
A pinch of salt



Method

 1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees and line your loaf/brownie tin with baking paper that over hangs the sides (i used tin foil because i ran out of baking paper and just sprayed it with olive oil cooking spray and it worked perfectly also).

2. Put all the ingredients into a food processor and blend together until combined to make a very fine crumb (picture on the right).





















3. Tip your mixture into your lined loaf tin, then press the mixture firmly and evenly (i use a spoon).

4. Put into the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Check the brownie regularly while it bakes as it does tend to burn easily.

5. Once cooked take the brownie out of the oven and leave in the loaf tin to cool for 45 minutes minimum, because the mixture is very crumbly when it is hot. After 45 minutes put the brownie onto a cooling rack and leave for a further 15 minutes at least until completely cooled.

6. Once cooled carefully cut into small brownie pieces and store in a container in the fridge.

Enjoy x

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