Super Squidgy Super Healthy Brownies

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love baking especially with the kids.  I am always on a quest to come up with healthy, delicious treats for the family and love to put vegetables into cake recipes!  This year has been fabulous for courgettes and I am lucky enough to have a courgette plant in my garden so here is a lovely recipe for brownies.  They are very, very moist and are sweetened with a small amount of honey and by the prunes.  You cannot taste the prunes or the courgette but they give them a lovely texture.  Also super healthy with the addition of coconut oil and seeds, they are dairy free and gluten free.  You can leave out the honey and then they are great for diabetics too!

Super Squidgy Super Healthy Brownies

100g shredded courgette

80g soaked prunes
250ml water
3 tablespoons seeds of your choice (can be milled or used whole)
115g coconut oil
50g cocoa powder
80g gluten free flour (or almond/coconut flour)
Half Teaspoon Salt
Half Teaspoon Baking Powder
Desert spoon honey

1.     Use a food processor with blade attachment to whizz up the courgettes and the prunes

2.    Add the water, process for a few seconds

3.    Add the coconut oil – I used it when slightly soft but not in liquid form

4.    Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder

5.    Fold the wet into the dry mixture, fold in the seeds, then the honey

6.    Pour into a greased tin (line with grease proof paper as well)

7.    Bake on about 180 degrees for about 20 minutes

8.    Enjoy – these are super squidgy but super healthy and are gluten free, dairy free and suitable for diabetics

You can make lots of substitutes in this recipe, beetroot instead of courgettes, add nuts and chocolate chips for more indulgence!  Just use your imagination....

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