Tahini Brownies
These decadent but still healthful tahini brownies are made with a rich dark chocolate and a creamy tahini base to create an exciting new twist on a classic brownie recipe. You’ll wonder why you never thought to mix tahini with brownies before!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 16 brownies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 150 grams of 70% chocolate
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 large banana, mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For swirl:
- 1/4 cup tahini
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray an 8 x 8 inch baking pan with coconut oil.
- In a large bowl whisk together cocoa powder, oat flour baking powder, and salt and set aside.
- In a large heatproof bowl, combine coconut oil, coconut sugar and chocolate.
- Place bowl over (but not touching) simmering water to create a double-boiler.
- Heat up over medium heat, stirring often, until melted and mixture is smooth.
- Remove bowl from heat and whisk in tahini.
- Whisk in eggs, banana and vanilla.
- Mix in cocoa powder mixture.
- Transfer batter to baking pan ensuring top is smooth.
- Add 9 dollops of tahini over mixture.
- Using a butter knife, create swirls to make pattern along the top. See video above for further instructions.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until desired texture is reached. 25 minutes makes a fudgier brownie, leave for 5 more minutes for something more cakey.
- Allow brownies to cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting into 16 squares and removing from pan.
Keywords: Tahini Brownies
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