Gingerbread Brownies

October 20, 2011 By Leanne Vogel March 2, 2017

I’ve been dying to share this recipe with you for days and days and years! I exaggerate. It’s only been two days. I’m quite good at exaggerating though. My excuse? I’m a Taurus which naturally limits my ability to state the facts correctly. That, and my Mom was a pro at it too. It was bound to be passed down, right? Thankfully, Kevin has learned when to apply the Leanne filter to my various Leanne-isms and has come to find them quite endearing. … or so he says…

Our conversations at home go something like this,

“Kevin, Kevin, I just spilled the entire paint can on the floor. There is purple paint everywhere?! On the carpet, it splashed up on me, it got on the walls?! I’ve ruined everything!” I scream from another room. “How much paint did you actually spill?” Kevin asks. “Well, lots” “How much is lots?” “As big as my face” (I say that a lot) “Ya?” “Well, maybe not that big…” “Will we have to get more paint? You want to go to Home Depot now, it’s 9:30pm”

This is the point where I look down at the paint on the floor, then back up at all the walls that still need to be painted, then back to the spot on the floor.

“Well, I guess it’s not that bad”…

All Leanne-isms aside, these brownies are awesome. You’ll swear they taste like a brownie, you’ll think there’s chocolate in them, you’ll feel like they’re a high fat treat but I got news for you… there is no chocolate AND they are low in fat, calories and sugar, too! I know, it’s a mad house over here. Did you know that the definition of brownies state that they aren’t specifically limited to chocolate? A great random fact that you can share with 5 friends. I’ll bet they’ll be just as surprised as I was. Or better yet, go home, make these, then share them with your friends while you tell them that brownies aren’t limited to just chocolate. You’ll get major brownie points for that one. Pun intended.

Gingerbread Brownies

Author: Leanne Vogel

Recipe type: Vegan (option), Gluten free, Dairy free, Sugar reduced, Yeast free, Corn free

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 55 mins

Serves: 8x8

These gluten-free, sugar-reduced gingerbread inspired brownies are the perfect fall dessert. Best enjoyed with a tall mug of tea and a dollop of coconut whipped cream & a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Ingredients

Dry

⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon white rice flour
⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon brown rice flour
⅓ cup + 2 tablespoon tapioca starch *see note
3 tablespoon ground flax seed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder

Wet

½ cup blackstrap molasses
½ cup coconut sugar
⅓ cup non-dairy milk – I used unsweetened almond milk
¼ cup avocado oil
3 tablespoon pumpkin puree
3 tablespoon + 2 teaspoon egg whites or 1 egg, or 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flax + 1 tablespoon water)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 8×8 square pan with parchment paper so that it’s draping off both sides. Set aside.
Place all dry ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside
In a large bowl, combine all wet ingredients.
Drop dry ingredients into wet and stir until just combined. The mix should be runny.
Pour into prepared pan and bake in prepared oven for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Ours were perfect at the 43 minute mark.
Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from the pan and placing it on a wire rack to cool.

Notes

I’m sure other starches would work in place of the tapioca starch. Like arrowroot or potato, although I have not tried it.

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Excuse me, I have some brownies to polish off before I head to the office. Oh right, I almost forgot! I have to announce the winners of the Beanitos giveaway! The two lucky winners are…. 1) Lauren 2) Jessy Congrats, ladies! I’ll send you an email in a few minutes here. Thanks everyone for participating. This giveaway was the biggest one yet! :)

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