Grain-Free Almond Butter Blondies
Oh, Friends, you know how much I love a good sweet treat. The best part of these as that they're grain-free and that they contain a low-glycemic sweetener but they still taste amazing! I recently made this treat for a "Bachelor Viewing Party" with some girlfriends and shared this recipe as long with some other goodies on the Bachelor TV website!
I can't wait to hear how much you love these, they're very allergy friendly so a great treat to bring with you to "get togethers".
ingredients:
-1/4 cup melted Coconut Oil
-1/3 cup Organic Coconut Palm Sugar (Coconut Sugar is an excellent low glycemic sweetener option. You can use Honey as your sweetener if you’re unfamiliar with coconut sugar)
-1/4 cup Raw Organic Almond Butter
-1 egg
1-/2 tsp. Gluten Free Vanilla
-1 1/4 cup Almond Meal/Flour
-1/8 tsp. baking soda
-1/2 tsp. baking powder
-1/4 tsp. salt
-Your choice of chocolate chip baking chips. I prefer using Dark Chocolate Chunks or Dairy Free Chocolate Chips. *Usually I love extra chocolate, but in this recipe I think less is more!
directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
-Grease a square baking dish w/ coconut oil or parchment paper
-Mix melted coconut oil, coconut sugar, almond butter, egg, and vanilla in a small bowl with kitchen-aid or hand mixer. Mix well.
-Combine almond flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and mix together well with a fork.
-Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix well with the mixer.
-Mix in your choice of chocolate chips/chunks and spread batter in greased pan (grease with coconut oil).
-Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center clean. Edges will start to turn golden brown.
Enjoy this absolutely moist and delicious treat!
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Sarah
Love this recipe! I made them tonight and they're delicious! I added 1 tbsp of chia seeds too for a little extra health kick!
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Emilia
sounds great, if I'm using maple syrup or honey instead of the coconut sugar, is the amount of maple syrup still 1/3 cup or more or less?
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Emilia
Also, can I use 1 1/4 cup protein powder instead of the almond meal flour?
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I haven't tried that, but go for it! Please let me know how it goes. I love Almond Flour because it has a good source of protein and healthy fats in it and makes for a "grain free" treat.
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I haven't specifically used another sweetener on this recipe, but it should work perfectly. I recommend a organic/raw honey instead of maple syrup. The honey is lower on the glycemic index. Also, Coconut is one of the lowest, so I highly recommend that.
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Allison
This is amazing!! Thank you so much for this recipe. My mom and I have recently started eating paleo/gluten free and this is finally a recipe that tastes like the real thing. A great recipe to keep us from cheating! A million thanks from my mom and I!! The only substitution was that I made my own chocolate chips with unsweetened bakers chocolate and coconut sugar.
