Mint Quinoa Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose gluten free quinoa flour blend or ½ cup toasted quinoa flour and ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup cooked quinoa
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup butter or Earth Balance softened
- ¼ cup coconut oil softened
- 2 eggs beaten (see note)
- ⅔ cup agave nectar honey or maple syrup
- ¼ cup milk of choice
- 1 teaspoon mint extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup slivered almonds optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour an 8 inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl combine flour, quinoa, cocoa, baking powder and sea salt
- Place chocolate chips on the top of a double broiler heated to medium. Melt chocolate, stirring often. Remove from heat and stir in butter, coconut oil, eggs, agave nectar, milk, mint extract and vanilla extract. Add to dry ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in almonds if using.
- Spread into prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
Notes
Vegan Option Note: I didn't have time to test this with flax eggs, but you could try it with 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds + 6 tablespoons warm water.