Black Bean Brownies

Preheat oven to 350 F. You will need a food processor for this recipe. You can use a blender but a food processor will puree the beans better. Also, the original recipe says to use an 8×8 square pan but I found the brownies were too thin with this size pan. I used an 8x6x2 pan.

1. Rinse the black beans well and drain the water. Place the beans in a food processor and add all of the remaining ingredients except the chocolate chips (cocoa powder, quick oats, salt, maple syrup, stevia, oil, vanilla extract, and baking powder) and pulse for 3-5 minutes until the batter is smooth and all ingredients are well incorporated.

2. Fold in the chocolate chips using a rubber spatula and turn the mixture into the pan. Smooth out the batter and bake for 15-20 minutes. Then remove the pan from the oven and set it on a wire rack. Let brownies cool for 10 minutes. (I placed mine in the refrigerator because the brownies were very moist and gooey.)

Recipe adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie.