Coconut Oil Brownies with an Almond Butter Swirl
 
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These are healthy-ish brownies made with whole wheat flour, almond meal, coconut oil, honey, and almond butter. They are free of guilt, but full of flavor!
Serves: 9 brownies
Ingredients
  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • ¼ cup almond meal
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Hershey's)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
  • ½ cup coconut oil
  • ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup almond butter
  • 1 cup roughly chopped peanuts or almonds (roasted, unsalted)
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease an 8x8” baking pan, line with parchment paper, and grease again.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the flour, almond meal, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.
  3. In a saucepan on low heat, melt the unsweetened chocolate and coconut oil.
  4. Whisk in ¾ cup of honey. Let it cool for a few minutes and transfer to a medium bowl.
  5. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract.
  6. Fold in the dry ingredients until combined.
  7. Stir in ¾ cup of the nuts. Set aside
  8. In a saucepan heat up the almond butter and 1 tablespoon of honey until it melts a little bit (this should just take a minute or two). Stir in the remaining ¼ cup of nuts.
  9. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Add spoons of the almond butter mixture. Run a knife or toothpick through the batter to create a marbled effect.
  10. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting and serving.
Notes
I used peanuts because that is what I had on hand, but almonds would be fantastic as well. You could also use peanut butter in place of almond butter.

You can melt the unsweetened chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave. Just put it in a microwave-safe bowl and stir it every thirty seconds until it is melted. Same goes with the almond butter and honey, which will probably only take 30 seconds. My microwave doesn’t work so I need to use the stove for all of this.
Recipe by Just J.Faye at https://www.justjfaye.com/2015/01/17/coconut-oil-brownies-almond-butter-swirl/