Healthy Peanut Butter Brownies (Gluten Free)
on Aug 18, 2022, Updated Jul 30, 2024
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These Healthy Peanut Butter Brownies are filled with nourishing ingredients like avocado, applesauce and almond flour, making them gluten free!
What Makes This Recipe Great
Have you ever been cleaning up the kitchen after dinner thinking about what dessert you could make and crave a chocolaty brownie just sweet enough to cure the craving with going to overboard on the sugar. These are the brownies that will answer all of your craving for thick chocolaty brownies that don’t make feel heavy afterwards. The combination of avocado, applesauce and maple syrup take care of the sweetness factor while the peanut butter, almond and arrowroot flour and the cacao take care of the structure of the brownie. You might be thinking that the addition of an avocado will ruin the taste of a chocolate brownie, but it does nothing of the sort. It does a wonderful job of bringing good fats to the recipe without drying the brownies out.
Ingredient List
- Avocado
- Unsweetened Applesauce– kids pouches work great for this
- Maple Syrup– natural is best for baking recipes
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Peanut Butter– natural is best for this recipe, you want the oil
- Almond Flour
- Arrowroot Powder
- Cacao Powder– or coco powder if that’s what you like
- Sea Salt
- Baking Soda
Step By Step
Natural vs. regular peanut butter?
Natural peanut butter is always the go to with most recipes on the site, regular peanut butter usually had added sugars and oil which can change the taste and texture. Natural peanut butter usually only has peanuts and salt, this helps the brownies stay healthy without sacrificing peanut butter taste. Also feel free to use any natural nut butter you enjoy may it be almond, hazelnut, cashew, or sunbutter.
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Healthy Peanut Butter Brownies (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
- 1 large avocado
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ½ C peanut butter, natural
- 1 cup almond flour
- ¼ cup arrowroot powder
- ½ cup cacao powder
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- In a blender combine the avocado, unsweetened applesauce and maple syrup until smooth.
- Then add the vanilla extract, eggs and peanut butter and pulse just to combine.
- Pour that mixture into a bowl with the almond flour, arrowroot powder, cacao powder, sea salt and baking soda. Mix thoroughly without over mixing.
- Bake in an 8×8 pan at 350 degrees for 35-40 min.
Notes
- These are a fudgey brownie and delicious when frozen!!
- Optional to top with extra peanut butter drizzle and a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
These are the best brownies!! Fudgy, soft, full of healthy ingredients and delicious! Thanks Kelsey!
So glad you love them!!!