Gluten free almond butter brownies

Gluten free almond butter brownies need to be on your list of things to make soon.  They are so easy and quick to make and just as tasty as regular brownies but without all of the terrible ingredients.  These beauties are gluten free and refined sugar free, so delicious and without the guilt and calories.  Win win.

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These gluten free almond butter browmies are gooey and fudgy once they are cooled and so yummy.  They keep beautifully in an air tight container but will not be stored for long, I promise you.

The brownies like this are great, so chocolaty and soft but I do have an alternative way to make and enjoy them too.  You can mix it up a bit, depending on what you fancy.  Read on to find out more.

Ingredients

These brownies are made using almond butter.  I do love peanut butter but almond butter is a little milder in my opinion and so perfect for these brownies because the main taste needs to be CHOCOLATE!!  However if you can’t eat almonds or don’t like almonds then peanut butter will work fine.

I use chunky almond butter; I think it adds a great dimension and texture to the brownies but of course you could smooth if you prefer.

The flour I use is almond flour; it is very light and not overpowering in flavour.  You could substitute with coconut flour if you cannot eat almonds but just remember that coconut flour is more flavoured and more drying than almond flour so don’t use as much.

For sweetness I do not use any refined sugar, I have touched on this in previous posts and I will link one here.  In summary it is because refined sugar is inflammatory to the body, and with an autoimmune disease, my body is already in an inflammatory state.  I do not want to be inflaming it further.  I use maple syrup in this recipe, although it is still sugar it is a natural sugar, for me, this is much better and it causes me no inflammation and means I can still bake sweet treats.

How to make

This is so simple to make and takes just 5 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.  So easy!

Pre heat your oven to gas mark 4.

Line an 8 inch baking tin with baking paper and set aside.

Now just add all of the ingredients to a bowl except the oat milk and mix until well combined.  You will be left with a really thick sticky mixture that smells divine.

Now add the oat milk and stir well, this should leave you with a batter that is thin enough so that you can scoop into your prepared tin easily.

Once in your tin spread the batter out evenly and bake for 20 minutes.  It will be a little cracked on top but still soft to the touch, this is how it is supposed to be, don’t be tempted to cook it for longer as this will just dry the brownies out.

Simply leave them to cool in the tin, they will become more fudgy as they cool.

These brownies are fudgy and gooey and delightful, try not to eat them all in one go!

Alternative

So as I mentioned these gluten free almond butter brownies are perfect as they are.  However, sometimes I do something a little different, just to keep things interesting.  This alternative is just as delicious but have a chocolate topping are kept in the fridge.  This makes the consistency less gooey and more cake like and they have the added indulgence of a nice snap of chocolate on the top.

For this you need to make the brownies just as before and let them cool in the tin.

While this is cooling you can make the topping.

Melt your chocolate anyway you wish.  I melt it in a microwave in 15 second bursts, and stir in between.  Be very careful to keep checking and stirring though or it will burn.

Add to this chocolate some almond butter and some maple syrup and stir well.  Top tip, if you are not using 100% chocolate there is no need to add maple syrup in this step.  I add the syrup as the chocolate is very bitter without it and not at all sweet.

Pour this onto the cooled brownie slab and spread over, sprinkle with salt.

Put into the fridge until set.

I keep these in the fridge so that the chocolate always has that snap and bite but you do not have to if you prefer the chocolate to be soft.

So there you have it, brownies two ways.

Best enjoyed with a cup of tea.

Health and happiness

Laura x