These sweet, tart, Date Glazed Lemon Brownies are a unique citrusy treat. Gluten-free, oil-free, sugar-free, and fruit-sweetened.
One day a couple months ago, my mom came home with a recipe for lemon brownies. She's a big lemon fan, so she was pretty excited to try a lemony treat. Of course, the recipe was a 'traditional' brownie recipe. So it had flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.
My mom is gluten-free and she knew that I could take the concept of lemon brownies and "work my magic" to turn them into a plant-based recipe with no gluten, sugar, eggs, or butter. I took on the challenge!
I did some thinking and decided to adapt a black bean brownie recipe that I've made before. The brownies, however were the easy part. The recipe that my mom brought home also had a glaze. Glazes are difficult to replicate because most glazes use powdered sugar. If you use organic powdered sugar, you can easily make a vegan glaze. But that doesn't make it healthy. I needed a way to make glaze that would still use only fruit as a sweetener.
My typical fruit sweetener of choice is dates, so I decided to use dates and cashews to make a sweet lemon glaze. So yes, the glaze is pink (from the dates) but it makes this entire recipe fruit-sweetened!
Let's talk ingredients!
To make these brownies, start by soaking the cashews in boiling water. If you do this while you make the brownies, they'll be soft when you want to make the glaze.
Next, add all the brownie ingredients, except the chocolate chips, to a food processor and process until smooth. Then, stir in the chocolate chips.
Pour the mixture into a parchment-lined cake pan and bake for 25 minutes. When the brownies are done, take them out and let them cool. Meanwhile, you can make the glaze.
Process all the date glaze ingredients in the food processor. It will take several minutes for it to get smooth, be patient.
When the brownies are cool, pour the glaze on them. Cut, serve, and enjoy!
God, thank you for this food. Thank you for the family and friends we get to share it with. Let us use this food to bring us together. Amen.
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These sweet, tart, Date Glazed Lemon Brownies are a unique citrusy treat. Gluten-free, oil-free, sugar-free, and fruit-sweetened.
*I used four lemons total to get the zest and juice needed for this recipe.
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