Brownies & blondies

Black bean brownies

90g water or black bean liquid

315g black beans

16g flaxseed ground

45g coconut oil

72g cocoa powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

105g sugar

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Bake 350 for 15 min in mini muffin tins. Came out very oily, but probably because I added dark chocolate melted since we ran out of cocoa.

https://minimalistbaker.com/vegan-gluten-free-black-bean-brownies/#wprm-recipe-container-36227

2022-07-27 recipe for black bean brownies that John really liked: https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/no-flour-black-bean-brownies/

Blondies

Ingredients:

400g garbanzo beans

120g maple syrup

2 tsp vanilla

120g oats

60g peanuts

A few shakes of salt (if peanuts are unsalted)

About 6 squares Trader Joe's 72% dark chocolate

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients in blender, except chocolate. Stir in chocolate by hand in glass pan. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes   

Inspired by https://brightly.eco/pinto-bean-blondies/

Pumpkin Okara brownies

This was inspired by the recipe requiring one box yellow cake mix and one can pumpkin. In an effort to make it healthier, I invented the following:

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/4 cups okara
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 can pumpkin

This came from some recipe online to make a box of cake mix from scratch. Instead of whole wheat flour + okara, the original recipe called for 2 1/2 cups flour (white?).

I topped this with cream cheese. I'm pretty sure I didn't use butter -- I remember thinking perhaps it would be firmer if I had used butter. In any case, I have this written down:

• 8 oz. cream cheese (low fat)
• 1/2 stick butter
• 1-2 cups powdered sugar