A pumpkin brownie for a change? ! The pumpkin season is officially here and I really wanted to incorporate vitamins into a healthy dessert.
What about a brownie? Doesn’t everyone like brownie? Especially a soft, fudgy and SOOOOO-CHOCOLATEY brownie ?
This fudgy pumpkin brownie recipe is PURE BLISS. Not to mention that this brownie recipe is totally chocolaty and hasn’t any oil, butter, refined sugar or eggs.
Most importantly it is gluten free and packed with vitamins. On top of it, these fudgy pumpkin brownies have an extra protein (and healthy fat) from almond butter, iron and antioxidant from raw cacao and vitamins (A, C, B6, etc..) from pumpkin. Finally I use a big splash of maple and date syrup together to multiply the minerals and vitamins.
How easy is this brownie recipe?
Made up of 7 delicious ingredients, it’s an easy recipe : pumpkin, almond butter, vanilla powder, sweetener (maple or date syrup), rice flour, raw cacao, baking soda.
Be sure to put this recipe on your “must try” list. And watch out, it’s impossible to stop eating it.
And if you are a big fan of incredible healthy chocolate dessert, have a look at my vegan mousse au chocolat, fondant au chocolat or my divine raw truffles !
If you don’t have almond butter
This recipe works very well with peanut butter instead of almond butter. The taste of peanut is stronger, so be sure you like the peanut flavor.
It’s a winner too with peanut butter.
Top Tip about rice flour
In this fudgy pumpkin brownie recipe, I use brown rice flour. This flour is a health food staple that improves your wellbeing.
First of all, it’s a gluten free flour and it’s mostly the high fiber content that makes brown rice useful. It helps move cholesterol out of the digestive tract and it seems to have a lot of benefits for heart health.
This is nowadays a regular ingredient that you can find easily in your local organic shop.
Healthy fudgy pumpkin brownie and…
So sweet, gooey, chocolatey and (believe it or not) guilt free!
If you make it
If you make the fudgy pumpkin brownie, tag me on Instagram as @live.and.taste and use #liveandtaste hashtag.
Feel free to ask me any question or leave me a comment (reply) below the recipe, I will be thrilled to reply to you.
Healthy greetings from Laetitia
FUDGY PUMPKIN BROWNIE
INGREDIENTS
- 1 large cup pumpkin, cubed and steamed
- 1 cup almond butter - at room temperature
- 1 pinch vanilla powder or extract
- โ cup date syrup or maple syrup (or mix both)
- โ cup brown rice flour
- โ cup raw cacao
- 1 tsp baking soda, organic
- 1 pinch of Himalayan salt
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 170C (fan).
- Wash the pumpkin, peel it and cube it, until you have 1 big full cup. Steam it for 15 min.
- Using a small blender, blend your steamed pumpkin to have a smooth puree.
- Put all the ingredients (pumpkin puree, rice flour, raw cacao powder, baking soda, salt, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla) in a high speed blender and blend until smooth. You might need to scrap the sides once or twice and blend again.
- If you don't have a good blender, using a medium bowl mix together (with a whisker) pumpkin puree, almond butter, maple syrup and vanilla. In another bowl mix rice flour, raw cacao powder, baking soda and salt. Then incorporate the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well until you have a smooth and well combined texture.
- Line a rectangular cake pan (approx. 15cm x 24cm to have a high gooey brownie texture) with parchment paper.
- Pour the mixture into the lined pan and smooth it evenly with the back of a spoon.
- Bake on the center of the oven rack for 17-20 minutes. Take it out and remove the brownie from the cake pan (keeping the waxing paper around). Let it cool down (with the waxing paper) to firm up a little bit more.
- Finally remove the waxing paper and serve it straight away or keep it in the fridge for 2-3 days.
6 Comments
Just tried this from the pumpkin leftover from Carving Halloween pumpkin. Made my own rice flour with organic brown rice. This is so good! Pity my kids don’t like chocolate as it’s all for me!!!
Dear Brenda, Thank you for your comment! We’re very happy you like this recipe ! It’s a winner at home ! Xo, L&T
This is my absolute fav!!! So moist and delish, a hit with the kids as well.. ๐
Yes, thats one of our favorites as well. And for sure from the kids. Thank you for your comment. xx Laetitia & Theresa
I was sooo surprised with the result. It was so delicious!! Everybody loves it !! For sure I will make it again and again๐
Thank you Luisa for your lovely comment. I am happy to hear that. This recipe is a winner !