Post by thefishinmagician on Sept 27, 2011 13:49:22 GMT -6
Einar would absolutely LOVE these! Everyone else does! 
I made this recipe up by actually adapting a peanut butter cookie recipe! As the late artist Bob Ross would say..."This is a happy accident!"
The recipe is pretty simple, but it requires some ingredients that might not be commonly available at your local grocery store. I'll post links to my recommended on-line sources of these ingredients, so hopefully that will be helpful. I'll also make *substitution recommendations* where it's feasible, but the recipe is really best when followed exactly.
Nutella Brownies
1 cup of Nutella (roughly one 13 ounce container, by weight)
1 cup of *coconut sugar*
1/2 cup *coconut flour*
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
8"X11" Pyrex glass baking dish well-oiled with *coconut oil*
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix well. Pour batter into greased baking dish and bake in a pre-heated 350F oven for roughly 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Serve warm with a big ole scoop of vanilla *ice cream*, or cool and top with extra Nutella as a frosting.
Enjoy! ;D
Notes:
I highly suggest a clear glass baking dish. A dark colored cake pan may tend to burn the brownies on the bottom.
To double the recipe, double all the ingredients EXCEPT the sugar. To make a double batch, use 1 1/2 cups of sugar instead of 2 cups. Everything else will be doubled.
Substitutions:
The coconut products are an important part of this recipe, but they can be substituted for. The coconut sugar can be substituted with light brown sugar or sucanat. The coconut flour must be substituted with a gluten-free flour, like buckwheat or one of the nut flours like almond flour...otherwise things won't turn out well. The coconut oil can be subbed out with any cooking oil. The vanilla ice cream can be subbed out for any kind of dairy-free alternative you like...I personally prefer coconut milk ice cream. (Yea, I'm nutty for coconuts, in case you haven't guessed!
)
Coconut products are very good for health, despite very outdated medical opinions to the contrary.
~~The flour is high in fiber, low carb/low glycemic and gluten-free.
~~ The sugar is low glycemic and contains many nutrients.
~~The virgin oil is rich in healthy saturated fats (Medium chain tryglycerides, as opposed to Long chain triglycerides found in vegetable oils) and it's lower calorie than any other fats (coconut oil contains 8.6 calories per gram versus other fats which contain 9 calories per gram). It's also used by the body differently than other fats, and it won't contribute to cardiovascular disease or insulin resistance.
Here's a list of links where the products can be found on-line...
Flour and sugar--
www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?ntk=products&ss=1&Ntt=coconut%20secret
(The Coconut Secret brand stuff is good)
www.tropicaltraditions.com/organic_coconut_flour.htm (this is where I get mine. Highly recommended business and products! They also have an enormous recipe section.)
bigtreefarms.com/index.php/page/product/37/60/60
(this is what I use, from my local Whole Foods)
Oil--
www.vitacost.com/Vitacost-Extra-Virgin-Certified-Organic-Coconut-Oil-54-fl-oz
Coconut Milk Ice Cream-- www.turtlemountain.com/products/product.php?p=purely_decadent_cm_vanilla_bean
My local grocery stores carry this...Publix, Whole Foods, Sweetbay and even Walmart Supercenter.
Recommended Sources:
"Cooking With Coconut Flour", by Bruce Fife, N.D.
"Coconut Cures: Preventing and Treating Common Health Problems with Coconut", by Bruce Fife, N.D.
Please post a follow-up here in this thread if you try this recipe using substitutions and it turns out well, so others will know. Thanks!
TheFishinMagician
I made this recipe up by actually adapting a peanut butter cookie recipe! As the late artist Bob Ross would say..."This is a happy accident!"The recipe is pretty simple, but it requires some ingredients that might not be commonly available at your local grocery store. I'll post links to my recommended on-line sources of these ingredients, so hopefully that will be helpful. I'll also make *substitution recommendations* where it's feasible, but the recipe is really best when followed exactly.
Nutella Brownies
1 cup of Nutella (roughly one 13 ounce container, by weight)
1 cup of *coconut sugar*
1/2 cup *coconut flour*
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
8"X11" Pyrex glass baking dish well-oiled with *coconut oil*
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix well. Pour batter into greased baking dish and bake in a pre-heated 350F oven for roughly 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Serve warm with a big ole scoop of vanilla *ice cream*, or cool and top with extra Nutella as a frosting.
Enjoy! ;D
Notes:
I highly suggest a clear glass baking dish. A dark colored cake pan may tend to burn the brownies on the bottom.
To double the recipe, double all the ingredients EXCEPT the sugar. To make a double batch, use 1 1/2 cups of sugar instead of 2 cups. Everything else will be doubled.
Substitutions:
The coconut products are an important part of this recipe, but they can be substituted for. The coconut sugar can be substituted with light brown sugar or sucanat. The coconut flour must be substituted with a gluten-free flour, like buckwheat or one of the nut flours like almond flour...otherwise things won't turn out well. The coconut oil can be subbed out with any cooking oil. The vanilla ice cream can be subbed out for any kind of dairy-free alternative you like...I personally prefer coconut milk ice cream. (Yea, I'm nutty for coconuts, in case you haven't guessed!
)Coconut products are very good for health, despite very outdated medical opinions to the contrary.
~~The flour is high in fiber, low carb/low glycemic and gluten-free.
~~ The sugar is low glycemic and contains many nutrients.
~~The virgin oil is rich in healthy saturated fats (Medium chain tryglycerides, as opposed to Long chain triglycerides found in vegetable oils) and it's lower calorie than any other fats (coconut oil contains 8.6 calories per gram versus other fats which contain 9 calories per gram). It's also used by the body differently than other fats, and it won't contribute to cardiovascular disease or insulin resistance.
Here's a list of links where the products can be found on-line...
Flour and sugar--
www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?ntk=products&ss=1&Ntt=coconut%20secret
(The Coconut Secret brand stuff is good)
www.tropicaltraditions.com/organic_coconut_flour.htm (this is where I get mine. Highly recommended business and products! They also have an enormous recipe section.)
bigtreefarms.com/index.php/page/product/37/60/60
(this is what I use, from my local Whole Foods)
Oil--
www.vitacost.com/Vitacost-Extra-Virgin-Certified-Organic-Coconut-Oil-54-fl-oz
Coconut Milk Ice Cream-- www.turtlemountain.com/products/product.php?p=purely_decadent_cm_vanilla_bean
My local grocery stores carry this...Publix, Whole Foods, Sweetbay and even Walmart Supercenter.
Recommended Sources:
"Cooking With Coconut Flour", by Bruce Fife, N.D.
"Coconut Cures: Preventing and Treating Common Health Problems with Coconut", by Bruce Fife, N.D.
Please post a follow-up here in this thread if you try this recipe using substitutions and it turns out well, so others will know. Thanks!
TheFishinMagician
