Brownie Batter

Ingredients

1. 2 cups almond butter or allergy-friendly sub
2. 1 cup applesauce or yogurt, such as coconutmilk yogurt
3. 1/2 cup milk of choice
4. 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
5. 3/4 cup flour, such as oat, white, spelt, sorghum, or almond
6. 1 cup sugar or keto sub (for a refined-sugar-free version, try these Almond Butter Brownies)
7. 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
8. 1 tbsp baking soda
9. 1/4 tsp salt
10. 1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional

Instructions

1. *For peanut butter brownie batter bars, simply sub peanut butter for the almond. You can also use cashew butter, sunflower butter, or even pecan butter. I haven’t tried but think a buttery spread or coconut oil should work – if anyone tries it before I do, definitely let me know how it goes!
2. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment. If nut butter is not soft, gently heat until stir-able. Combine the first four ingredients in a bowl. Stir remaining ingredients in a separate bowl (really stir well, as you don’t want to end up with a clump of baking soda when you take a bite). Pour dry into wet and stir to combine. Smooth into prepared pan. I like to place a sheet of wax or parchment on top and smooth the batter by pressing down. (Remove the sheet before baking.) Bake on the center rack, 14 minutes for “brownie batter” bars – they should look underdone when you remove them. Let cool, then very loosely cover and let the pan sit either on the counter or in the fridge for at least 8 hours, during which time they will firm up without losing their extreme fudginess. (If you’d prefer cake-ier bars to fudgy ones, you can simply bake longer, but I’d still recommend removing before they look completely done, because they continue to firm up as they cool.)

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