Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Ingredients:

(2) 225g cans of black eyed beans - drain and rinse
200g dark chocolate, vegan
1/2 cup rapeseed oil
1/2 cup soya milk
1/2 cup golden syrup or fine brown sugar
1/3 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 cup plain flour
1 tbsp flax seeds, milled
2 tsp instant coffee

Topping:
2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
1 tsp rapeseed oil
1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup chocolate chips, vegan 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375f/190c, and line a 9" square brownie pan with grease proof paper.

2. Over a double boiler melt your chocolate, make sure that the water is not touching the bottom of the bowl.

3. In large mixing bowl add the black eyed beans, golden syrup, salt, vanilla extract, oil, soya milk and flax seeds to a food processor or use a hand blender. Start on low and blend until very smooth. Then add your melted chocolate and mix with a spatula.

4. To your mixture fold in the cocoa powder, flour, cinnamon, and instant coffee.

5. Pour in the brownie mixture into the lined baking pan and smooth out with a spatula.

6. Heat the smooth peanut butter and oil together so that you have a very liquid peanut butter mixture. Drizzle the melted peanut butter over top the brownie batter.

7. Sprinkle the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts over the brownie mix.

8. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven at 375f/190c for about 30/35 mins. Once removed from the oven allow the brownie to cool for an hour  before slicing. This recipe will make 12 brownies.

Once completely cooled store in an air tight container in the fridge for up to one week. You can warm the chilled brownies in microwave or oven before serving.

Baked Rocky Road Brownies

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups all-purpose Flour
1 ½ cups Vegetable Oil
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
2 tbs Egg substitute
2 tsp Vanilla
2 tbs Water
1 ½ cups chopped Walnuts
1 ½ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 ½ cups Vegan Marshmallows

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170c degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt, egg substitute.
3. In a jug mix the Vanilla and water together.
4. Add the oil and the vanilla mix to the dry ingredients, and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for two minutes.
5. Stir in the nuts, chocolate chips and marshmallows.
6. Spread the brownie batter evenly into the prepared pan.
7. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out with fudge crumbs. Be careful not to over bake.
8. Remove from the oven and let brownies cool on a wire rack.
9. Cut your Rocky Road Brownies into desired size and shape.