Hidden Spinach Brownies (wheat-free)
Who doesn’t love Chocolate Brownies?
What they don’t know is there is no flour in these brownies so they are not carb heavy and it is loaded with protein. Plenty of good fats to keep their brains healthy and lots of fiber to keep things moving. Did I mention they are delectable? I couldn’t even photograph without eating the bite on the fork!
My son is always asking for chocolate. When he had eaten half the pan over a couple days I finally told him what was in it – spinach. He said “where?” uh huh, gotcha!
These brownies have a soft cake like feel when warm but when cold are more dense and fudge like. We like them both ways. I think they are great for lunch boxes because they are so healthy but also because they travel well and taste great cold or warm. You know they were happy to find spinach brownies in their lunchbox today!
Notes: To make them fudgy instead of cakey reduce eggs from 5 down to 2 eggs and then add 1/4 cup water. Reducing eggs in any brownie recipe that is too cakey will make them fudgy. If you don’t eat eggs, replace each egg with 3/4 T flax/chia seed meal and 1.5 T water. Flax and chia seed meal both act as binders similar to eggs in baked goods.
You can also change up your Hidden Vegetables.
I have also made these with pumpkin puree instead of spinach just lower the amount to 1 1/2 cups.
Instead of almond flour you can use ground pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews, or a mix of your favorites. Or do what I do, use up whatever is in the kitchen! You don’t have to buy prepared flour, you can throw it in the food processor until it is a fine powder.
You can also bake them in a muffin pan. Brownies muffins? How can you go wrong with that? Add some peanut butter chips and you will be someone’s favorite cook for a while!
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 325F. Line a 9”x13” baking pan with wax paper or spray coconut oil.
- Melt coconut oil and chocolate together over low heat on the stove top. I use boiling water with a metal bowl on top as a double boiler so you don't burn the chocolate.
- Add honey. The trick to getting a smooth crusty top to the brownies is melting the chocolate and f fat with the sugar and cooking until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Add vanilla, stir to incorporate. Remove from burner and let cool.
- Chop spinach in a food processor, then add eggs.
- In a large bowl mix cacoa powder, coconut flour, almond flour, cashew flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add egg mixture slowly to melted chocolate mixture, stirring constantly.
- Mix in dry ingredients and stir to fully incorporate. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
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