Blackout Brownies

Ingredients

• Dates, deglet noor

  ½ cup, chopped or 74g

• Molasses

  2 tbsp or 40g

• Almond butter

  Nuts, plain, without salt added

  3 tbsp or 48g

• Vanilla extract

  1 tsp or 4g

• Canned black beans

  Low sodium, drained

  2 cup or 520g

• Almond Flour

  Trader Joe's - "Just Almond Meal"

  ½ cup or 60g

• Instant Espresso Powder

  DeLallo

  2 tsp or 4g

• Flaxseed

  Seeds

  2 tbsp, ground or 14g

• Dark Cocoa Powder

  Hershey's

  57g

• Baking powder

  Leavening agents, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate

  1 tsp or 5g

• Dark chocolate

  70-85% cacao solids

  ½ cup, chips or 84g

• Hazelnuts or filberts

  Nuts

  ½ cup, whole or 68g

• Soymilk

  Enhanced, (all flavors)

  ½ cup or 122g

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F (180C) and line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper. Blend the dates, molasses, almond butter, almond milk and vanilla into a creamy puree. Add the black beans and process until really smooth. Add the almond flour, espresso powder, flax seeds, cocoa powder and baking powder in the processor. Transfer into a bowl and add the chocolate chips and hazelnuts. Bake for 20 minutes.