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Description
  These brookies are so good that you would never know there were beans in there. The combination of beans, oats, and dates means they're packed with fiber. They contain only healthy fats from the nuts, and are free of any refined sugars. These blondies are super rich, fudgey, the right amount of sweet, gluten free and vegan, and only 100 calories. Use sunflower or pumpkin seed butter to make them nut free too. For more date and bean based desserts, see my Black Bean Date Brownies and Chickpea Date Blondies

Time
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

 Cost
Total Cost: $4.21
Cost per Serving: $0.17
Ingredients
Brownies
- 15.5oz can (258 g) Black beans, drained and rinsed ($0.86)
- 1/2 cup (45 g) Oat flour ($0.15)
- 16 pitted (114 g) Dates ($0.67)
- 2 tbsp (11 g) Cocoa powder ($0.01)
- 1/4 cup (64 g) Natural peanut butter ($0.34)
- 1 tsp (4.6 g) Baking powder ($0.04)
- 1/4 cup (60 g) Unsweetened vanilla almond milk ($0.07)
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) Vanilla extract ($0.01)

Blondies
- 15.5oz can (254 g) Chickpeas, drained and rinsed ($0.85)
- 1/4 cup (23 g) Oat flour ($0.07)
- 16 pitted (112 g) Dates ($0.66)
- 1/4 cup (64 g) Natural peanut butter ($0.34)
- 1/2 tsp (2.4 g) Baking powder ($0.02)
- 2 tbsp (30 g) Unsweetened vanilla almond milk ($0.03)
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) Vanilla extract ($0.01)

Instructions
1.  Preheat your oven to 350F, line a 9x13" baking pan with parchment paper, and lightly spray it with oil. Drain and rinse your beans

2.  If you don't already have oat flour, you can just blend up quick or rolled oats in your food processor. Make sure to grind up the oats on their own, as they won't get fully blended if you do it with everything else

3.  Starting with the brownie layer, add all ingredients to the food processor - black beans, oat flour, dates, cocoa powder, peanut butter, baking powder, milk, and vanilla. For a nut free replacement, you can use the same amount by weight (64 g) of any seed butter (pumpkin seed or sunflower seed), or half an overripe banana. Blend until fully smooth; note that the batter should be very thick. My 8 cup food processor could barely blend it together

4.  The brownie layer is naturally sweetened with dates. Using the same amount by weight of raisins or figs would also work as a replacement for dates. For a lower sugar option, replace both the dates and the milk with overripe bananas, about 1.5 large or 165 g

5.  Transfer the brownie batter to the pan. Using a silicone spatula, smooth out the batter. Lightly wetting your fingers and using your hands to spread it to all sides make it easier and stick less. Optionally, top with chocolate chips.


6.  Moving on to the blondie layer, repeat the same steps with the blondie ingredients - chickpeas, oat flour, dates, peanut butter, baking powder, milk, and vanilla. For a nut free replacement, you can use the same amount by weight (64 g) of any seed butter (pumpkin seed or sunflower seed), or half an overripe banana.

7.  The blondie layer is naturally sweetened with dates. Using the same amount by weight of raisins or figs would also work as a replacement for dates. For a lower sugar option, replace both the dates and the milk with overripe bananas, about 1.5 large or 165 g

8.  Transfer the blondie batter to the pan on top of the brownies. Using a silicone spatula, smooth out the batter. Lightly wetting your fingers and using your hands to spread it to all sides make it easier and stick less. Optionally, top with chocolate chips.


9.  Bake at 350F for about 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out fairly clean. A few crumbs left is generally ok. The brookies will firm up much more as they cool, so they should look a bit underdone


10.  Let cool totally in the fridge for a few hours (ideally overnight) before slicing and enjoying

Nutrition Facts
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Servings: 24
Calories: 104
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Total Fat: 3.8g (5 %)
 Saturated Fat: 0.4g (2 %)
 Trans Fat: 0g
 Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.7g
 Monounsaturated Fat: 1.1g
Cholesterol: 0mg (0 %)
Sodium: 118mg (5 %)
Total Carbohydrate: 15.4g (6 %)
 Dietary Fiber: 2.5g (9 %)
 Sugar: 6.7g
Protein: 3.7g (7 %)
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Vitamin B12: 0mcg (0 %)
Vitamin D: 0mcg (0 %)
Potassium: 147mg (3 %)
Calcium: 79mg (6 %)
Magnesium: 15mg (3 %)
Iron: 0.8mg (4 %)
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 Glycemic Index: 46.0
Glycemic Load: 6.2
Sources of Inspiration
https://www.myplantifulcooking.com/healthy-vegan-black-bean-brownies/#recipe
https://www.myplantifulcooking.com/vegan-peanut-butter-chickpea-blondies/#recipe

Alternative Recipe Link (Whisk / Samsung Food)
https://s.samsungfood.com/kGNZd