I’m a bit late posting this but hey, what can I say – it’s been christmas and all that 😉
I actually re-made this over this weekend so thought it was about time I posted the recipe.
This was a birthday creation for myself, to be shared with my favourite cake-eating friend 🙂 We are both fans of chocolate and peppermint so what better than this delicious minty chocolatey combo! The crunch of the peppermint candy canes on top really make this something special (you can use any hard mint candy for this).
You will need:
1/4 cup Rice flour
1/2 cup Ground almonds
1 cup unrefined Raw sugar (golden caster sugar, coconut sugar etc)
1/2 cup almond oil (or coconut oil)
1/4 cup raw Cacoa powder
2 eggs (or 2 tbsp chia seeds soaked in 6 tbsp water)
1/2 tsp Himalayan rock salt
1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1/8 Tsp Pure peppermint extract
Milk, white and dark chocolate chunks (optional)
For Icing
100g Dairy free chocolate
200 – 300g Unrefined icing sugar (adjust quantity to depending how runny you want your icing)
drop of Pure peppermint extract
a dash of warm water
Hard mints or candy canes, silver balls, any other decorations
Preheat the oven to 170C and grease a 20 x 20cm square baking pan with parchment paper.
Mix the ground almonds, flour, cacao powder, sugar, salt and bicarbonate of soda together in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl beat the eggs (or if using chia seeds instead then soak them in the water). Make a well in the center and add the beaten egg (or soaked chia seeds), vanilla extract, peppermint extract and oil. Whisk together using a hand mixer until well mixed. It should be thick and glossy when mixed.
If you are the chocolate chunks stir them in now. Pour in to the baking tin and place in the oven for 20 – 25 mins until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack
Take the hard mints (or candy cane) and bash with a rolling pin in to small pieces.
Then prepare the icing. Melt the chocolate and then stir in the icing sugar and peppermint extract.
Use enough icing sugar to get the consistency of icing you want (if it’s too thick add a little water). Spread quickly on to the brownies and sprinkle the crushed mint and any other decorations you want to use on to the top! Then enjoy (with a big old candle if it’s your birthday 😉 )
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