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Almond Flour Brownies with Homemade Chocolate Icing

These almond flour brownies are the perfect balance of fudgy + cakey. With each bite, you get little bits of chocolate and the edges came out perfectly crisp. Top with my homemade vegan icing and it'll take you back to the days when you enjoyed the little debbie cosmo brownies in elementary school (but without all the artificial ingredients). Paleo and gluten free.
Course dessert
Keyword almond flour brownies, brownies, chocolate, dessert, gluten free, paleo, simple mills
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Author Ashley

Equipment

  • 8x8" baking pan
  • rubber spatula
  • Mixing Bowl
  • oven

Ingredients

brownies

  • 1 box Simple Mills Almond Flour Brownie Mix
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil or butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 tablespoons water

homemade chocolate icing

  • 1 tablespoon creamy almond butter
  • 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • 1/4 cup cacao powder
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon arrowroot

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 or 400 Fahrenheit. Refer to box to determine the degree. Grease an 8×8 or 9×9 pan and set aside. Prepare brownies according to box and place in oven to bake per box suggestions.
  • For the icing, slightly melt almond butter and coconut oil together. Warm up just enough, mix until well combined. Add in cacao powder, maple syrup and arrow root. Stir all the ingredients together until a thick icing like substance appears. Set aside and let thicken.
  • Once the brownies have cooled for at least 30 minutes. Spread icing evenly over brownies and top with optional sprinkles. Cut into bit size squares and store in an airtight container for up to one week. You can also freeze for up to three months.

Notes

Brownies:
Coconut oil- I used coconut oil in my brownie mix, however I must warn you they did have a bit of a coconut flavor. If you don’t like coconut I suggest using butter instead.
Eggs- If you’re vegan you can try swapping out eggs for flax eggs. I haven’t tried flax eggs in the recipe. But if you try it, please let me know how it turns out.
Icing:
Almond Butter- feel free to swap out almond butter for any other nut butter you have on hand. Peanut butter would make an awesome addition to the brownies. (YUM!)
Maple syrup- you can evenly swap out maple syrup for honey.