Category: Brownies

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Almond Honey Brownies

Almond honey brownies are flourless and tasty option for your sweet tooth. These are super easy to make and store. Kids and adults can eat as many as they want. These can be a very filling part of your breakfast and you can add any other dry fruits or raisins to the recipe and make it your own. These are also a very good option as a party treat or afternoon snack. Try it and you will love it.

Almond Honey Brownies

Ingredients :

  • ½  cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups almond flour
  • ½ cup almond flakes
  • ½ cup chocolate chips
Almond Honey Brownies

Tip:

  • Use fresh and room temperature ingredients.
  • You can reduce the sweetness by reducing the quantity of chocolate chips or substituting dark chocolate for the whole recipe. Honey can make brownies too sweet.
  • Make sure to check brownies in the oven after every 4-5 minute after initial 15 minutes because it has honey it can burn easily.

Directions:

Almond Honey Brownies
  • Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
  • In a glass bowl, add butter and semi-sweet chocolate. Melt it in microwave at 20 second intervals.
  • Add honey and vanilla extract to the melted chocolate and butter and mix well.
  • After the mixture is room temperature, add eggs and mix well.
  • Finally add, almond flour, almond flakes and chocolate chips and fold everything slowly so there no lumps of flour.
  • Line a square brownie pan with parchment paper and rub little oil on the parchment paper so the batter won’t stick.
  • Pour batter in the pan and put it in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
  • Before you take pan out of the oven, check if the brownies are cooked or not by putting a skewer or knife in the center and if they come clean, the brownies are cooked. And if not, increase the time by 3 minute intervals till it cooks completely.
  • Take the pan out of the oven and let it cool completely before you cut brownies in neat square pieces and store them in an air tight container.
  • Refrigerate brownies if you want them to last longer.
  • Enjoy them with either tea, black coffee or milk.
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Sandwich Cookies

Here is a simple and delicious recipe for sandwich cookies. Cookies are flourless, chocolate and fudge-like brownie cookies. Filling is made of cream cheese which is not too sweet and just right for your taste-buds. Give it a try.

Ingredients for cookies:

  • 1/3 cup oats flour
  • 2/3 cup almond flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup baking chocolate
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Sea salt to sprinkle on top

Ingredients for filling:

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 3 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter

Tips:

  1. Use the eggs at room temperature.
  2. Butter should be soft but not liquid.
  3. Melted chocolate should not be too warm while adding eggs otherwise eggs will be cooked.
  4. After the mixture is ready keep it in refrigerator for 2 hours so that it becomes easy to manage.
  5. Try to keep the size of the dough balls same, using 2 tbsp spoon, so that each of them takes same time to bake.
  6. Baking time depends on the kind of oven you are using so keep an eye on the cookies after 9 minutes. They can easily get over-baked and very hard to bite.
  7. Cookies should be soft but fudge like brownies.
  8. Sift the icing sugar before making the filling so it comes out of the piping bag flawlessly.
  9. Always fill the piping bag half way for easy use.
  10. If the consistency of the filling is liquid like, put it in refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes.
Sandwich cookies

Directions for cookies:

  1.  Preheat the oven to 325 degree F.
  2. Add almond flour, oats flour and salt to a bowl, mix well and keep it aside.
  3. Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave by putting the bowl in microwave for 30 second intervals twice.
  4.  Add sugar, eggs and vanilla extract to the chocolate mix and whisk it well.
  5.  Add flour mixture and mix well.
  6. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for about 2 hours.
  7.  Prepare a baking tray by lining it with a parchment paper baking sheet and take bowl out of the refrigerator.
  8.  Make 1tbsp dough balls and arrange them on the baking tray about 2-3 inches apart.
  9. Sprinkle sea salt at top.
  10. Bake for 8-10 minutes until the edges are little     stiff but the middle is soft.
  11.  Let the cookies cool and keep them aside.

Directions for filling:

  1. Add cold but soft butter and cream cheese to a bowl and mix it.
  2. Add vanilla extract, salt and icing sugar to the bowl and whisk it well.
  3. Add filling to the piping bag.

 Making Sandwiches:

  1. Arrange cookies upside down and pipe filling on to them.
  2. Put another cookie on top and add a little filing on the top. Enjoy.

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Sugar-free Chocolate Cookies

These cookies are a tasty treat for kids and a guilt free dessert for adults. This is a simple, quick and zero skill recipe for you to try with few ingredients. These cookies can be stored for a long time and can become a pantry staple.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup oat flour
    • 1 cup almond flour
    • ¼ cup cocoa powder
    • 1 egg
    • ½  cup chocolate chips
    • 1/3 cup maple syrup
    • 3 tbsp olive oil
    • ½ tsp baking soda
    • ½  tsp salt
    • 2 tbsp warm milk
    • 1 tsp instant coffee
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • ½ cup almond flakes

Tips:

  • Use the egg at room temperature.
  • Try to keep the size of the dough balls same, using 2 tbsp spoon, so that each of them takes same time to bake.
  • The shape will come out like a ball but after baking when cookies are just out of oven and warm press them at the top with a spatula for a more cookie like shape.
  • Baking time depends on the kind of oven you are using so keep an eye on the cookies after 10 mins minutes. They can easily get over-baked.
  • Don’t open the oven often while baking, it can soften up the cookies.

Directions:

Sugar-free Chocolate Cookies
  •  Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
  • Warm the milk in microwave for about a minute and add instant coffee, mix well and keep aside to cool.
  • Take a big bowl and add all the wet ingredients including maple syrup, olive oil, milk+coffee mixture, vanilla extract, egg and mix well.
  •  Add the  almond and oat flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt into the mixture.
  •  At the end, fold in the almond flakes and chocolate chips.
  • Cover the dough and put it aside for 15 mins.
  •  Prepare a baking tray by lining it with a parchment paper baking sheet.
  •  Use a 1tbsp spoon to make cookie balls and arrange them on the baking tray about 2-3 inches apart.
  •  Bake for 15 minutes until brown at the bottom.
  • Let the cookies cool and then enjoy.
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Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

My mommy dearest is visiting us soon for my daughter’s first birthday and one thing that she absolutely loves is gooey Fudgy brownies baked at home by me. I thought why not share it with everyone. So here it is ,a totally decadent chocolaty treat.

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup + 2tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2/3  cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp warm water
  • 1 tsp instant espresso powder

Tips:

  1. For best results and easy maneuvering use ingredients use at room temperature.
  2. Duration of baking may change with different ovens, so let the brownies cook for 30 minutes straight and from then on check every 2 minutes so that brownies don’t burn.
  3. Do not add the warm espresso mixture to eggs without cooling it first otherwise, eggs will get cooked.
  4. Do not melt chocolate in micro wave for more than 30 seconds at a time it will loose its shine and chocolate will seize.

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.

2. Spray a square cake pan with non-stick cooking spray and lay the bottom with parchment paper.

3. In a small cup mix together the warm water with the instant espresso powder.

4. Cream butter and sugar in a big glass bowl.

5. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in vanilla and slightly cool espresso mix.

6. Melt the chocolate chips by putting it in a bowl and warming it in microwave for 30 secs. If the chocolate is not melted keep it in the microwave one or two more times for 15 sec intervals.

7. Gently fold in the melted chocolate in the wet mixture without over mixing.

8. Sift flour and  salt into the bowl and mix it with the butter mixture until it is smooth.

9. Pour the batter in the pan.

10. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean around 30-40 mins.

11. Let the brownies cool in the tray, then serve it with some hot coffee.