Brownies are a great dessert. I love the rich chocolate taste. I couldn’t believe how delicious black bean brownies could taste. The idea of eating black beans in a brownie, didn’t sound appealing, but I could not have been more wrong. I searched for an oil and nut free brownie recipe. It took some experimenting to find just the right recipe. So many vegan recipes use lots of sugar and that is frustrating for me, as I don’t use sugar in any recipe. My substitute is maple syrup. I am always experimenting to see if I can get away with using less maple syrup than other recipes use.

Gary and I both love these brownies. I found that making them in a silicone bread pan makes them thicker and therefore, moister. Silicone baking dishes are the best. Food pops right out and they are easy to clean. This recipe makes about 8 nice size brownies.

Get the Ingredients for Oil and Nut Free Brownies:

• 1 – 15 oz. can black beans drained and rinsed in colander
• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 Tbsp. vanilla oat milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips

Let’s Get Cooking:

This recipe is pretty simple to make. So, put the rinsed black beans, oats, cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract, oat milk and baking powder into a blender. I love my ninja blender though, I originally bought it for making smoothies and now use it all the time for cooking. Blend all the ingredients for approximately 2 minutes, stopping to use a scraper to push any loose ingredients back in the mixture. Blend for another 3 minutes. When you are done blending, remove the blade and mix in 1/2 cup of vegan chocolate chips. Next, scoop out the mixture from the blender, since it will be thick, and place it in the silicone bread pan. Smooth out the top and sprinkle some vegan chocolate chips over the top. Lastly, bake in a preheated 350 F oven for 20 minutes and cool for 15 minutes.

Serve immediately as when you bite into the brownies, the chocolate chips will still be melted and extra delicious!

Enjoy!

Susan Jordan

Oil and Nut Free Brownies

Vegan, oil and nut free brownies are moist, full of chocolate taste, and nutritious. They are made using oats and black beans. Weird but delicious!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 18 minutes mins

Total Time 28 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 15 oz can black beans drained and rinsed in colander
• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 3 Tbsp. cacoa powder or cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 Tbsp. vanilla oat milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips

Equipment

• 1 blender
• 1 silicone bread pan
• 1 colander

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Add all ingredients, but chocolate chips in the blender or food processor.
3. Blend for 2 minutes, use a spatula to push al of the mixture to bottom, then blend for another 3 minute or until smooth.
4. Take out the blade and add the chocolate chips. Stir by hand until blended.
5. Put the batter into the silicone bread pan; you may add additional chocolate chips on top for decoration and extra sweetness.
6. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes and serve!