These flourless Peanut Butter Brownies are rich, fudgy, gooey and super chocolatey. They also contain no refined sugar and no oil, just wholesome ingredients that come together to make a deliciously perfect brownie.
These decadent brownie chunks are so simple to make and require just 8 ingredients, and with nut butter as a main component, they come with a generous amount of protein, making them the perfect snack after a workout or the gym. I felt like my Vegan Brownies needed a bit of peanut butter!
Questions about Peanut Butter Brownies
How to make Peanut Butter Brownies?
To make Peanut Butter Brownies, you need peanut butter, coconut or brown sugar, dark chocolate chips, baking powder, flax eggs, milk, almond flour and cocoa powder. In a bowl, beat together the peanut butter, sugar and flax eggs. Heat the milk and chocolate chips together and mix until the chocolate has melted. Pour into the bowl with the peanut butter and stir until ingredients are well incorporated. Add the cocoa powder, almond flour and baking powder until a smooth batter results. Pour into a square baking tin lined with greaseproof paper. Bake in the oven at 180℃ for 25 minutes. Allow to cool before removing and slicing.
Can you use almond flour in brownies?
Almond flour can be used to make brownies. The aim of the perfect brownie is to get a fudgy texture, not a cakey one, therefore the amount of flour used in brownies is usually very little. Due to this factor, most types of flours, whether nut, grain or other kind, it is usually fine to use them in most brownie recipes.
What makes brownies chewy?
In addition to the lower flour content, using enough sugar, fat and chocolate – a good balance of these – gives a perfectly fudgy, chewy brownie.
Chocolate Brownie Substitutions
- Ground chia seeds can be used instead of flax seed
- Almond flour can be partly or fully replaced with coconut flour, oat flour or other gluten-free flour mix. Wheat flour can also be used, but this will not be gluten-free
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Peanut Butter Brownies
Ingredients
- 200 g peanut butter + 2 tbsp for drizzling
- 200 g coconut or brown sugar
- 150 g almond flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 200 g dark chocolate chips
- 2 flax eggs
- 120 g cocoa powder
- 250 ml milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180℃.
- In a bowl mix the peanut butter, sugar and flax eggs.
- Heat the milk and chocolate chips until the chocolate has melted and fold into the peanut butter mix until all ingredients are fully incorporated (this should look like thick melted chocolate).
- Fold in the almond flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and mix until a smooth batter is achieved.
- Place into a square tin lined with greaseproof paper.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven (a toothpick should come out with a little batter that isn’t too runny).
- Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting into chunks.
Notes
- Ground chia seeds can be used instead of flax seed
- Almond flour can be partly or fully replaced with coconut flour, oat flour or other gluten-free flour mix. Wheat flour can also be used, but this will not be gluten-free
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[…] Like with many of my brownie recipes, I add more chocolate than any other ingredient since it’s the boss! However, I do make some substitutes with items such as sugar or flour, reason being my personal preference, which is to keep as many wholefoods in my diet as possible. Of course the biscuits on top are a necessity so we won’t consider the refined ingredients in those! Actually if you want a gluten-free option, just omit the biscoff spread and cookies – the base is actually adapted from my Peanut Butter Brownies. […]