Recipe for Vegan GF Cookie Crumb Brownies

 

Several years ago my husband went off to Honduras to help build a church school as a volunteer.  I missed him.

I had been eating lots of dopamine-producing foods and honestly had not had any cravings for sweets.

And suddenly... well, I invented the most delicious unbaked (not all the ingredients are "raw") brownies that smelled like oreo cookies when I took the top off the food processor.  I will try not to eat the whole pan myself, although that will be hard.  Here is the recipe, but I suggest that you jiggle around with the ingredients to get the exact taste that you want... it's not hard, just put
You could, for example, try a little oatmeal for the dehydrated buckwheat crispies (although I think that would be a shame, really, because they give it the 'cookie crumb' texture-- maybe you could try rice crispies?)

Melt about 1 T. of extra virgin coconut oil in a dish over hot water.

Grind up about 1/2 C. of Buckwheat Crispies into a flour using a coffee bean grinder or a vitamix

Add the above to a food processor along with:

• 1/2 C. organic Cocoa  (or Cacao) powder
• 1/4 C. Walnut Pieces
• 1/2 C. Shredded Coconut
• 8-12 soft Dates without pits
• 1/4 C. organic Peanut Butter
• Shot of Vanilla extract (your call)

IMPORTANT: .  IF YOU ARE MAKING A RAW BROWNIE SMOOTHIE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ADDING THE  COCONUT OIL OR THE  BUCKWHEAT CRISPIES TO MAKE THE BROWNIE-- JUST USE A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF OATS OR VEGAN RICE CRISPIES-- OR JUST SKIP THESE INGREDIENTS FOR THE SMOOTHIE AND ADD HALF THE CACAO/COCOA POWDER, WALNUTS, COCONUT SHREDS, PITTED DATES, and PEANUT BUTTER DIRECTLY TO THE BLENDER WITH THE FROZEN BANANA AND PLANT MILK IN THE SMOOTHIE RECIPE.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE RAW COOKIE CRUMB BROWNIES:

1.Pulse until all combined... batter will be a little sticky but still fairly much of a cookie crumb texture. If it is too dry in your opinion, just add a little bit more peanut butter or a little almond milk... but not much.

 2. Press it into a small pan (8x8 or smaller) and put into the freezer until it sets (very quickly).

3. I actually cut mine with a pizza cutter before putting it into the freezer for convenience's sake.

4. Tastes very yummy with banana "ice cream" (actually just frozen bananas whirred up in the vitamix with a little vanilla and a couple of ice cubes).

5. iF you have made the brownies and want to make the Raw Brownie-Frozen Banana Smoothie, just go ahead and follow the instructions HERE.

perfect PERSONALIZED PUZZLE......

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