Caitlin's Ooey Gooey Brownies

My new Ooey goey brownie recipe is mouthwatering delightful. One bite will melt in your mouth. I am not kidding. They are outrageously moist, full of rich chocolate flavor. I doubled the recipe. I put 1 batch in the freezer cut into individual squares and 1 batch cut up into individual squares in a container on the kitchen counter and the first batch is gone. No lie! They lasted 24 hours with 2 teenagers and 2 adults in the house. These are hard to resist. So have some discipline people! If you look at the list of ingredients there is not one thing that is unhealthy or processed. Compare my brownie recipe to this  brownie recipe. I am positive this regular brownie recipe is absolutely sinful and delicious but the calories add up quick and before you know it you have gained a couple lbs and feel like crap. No thanks! Chocolate is a must in my world so that is why I enjoy creating recipes that taste like the real thing without all the processed ingredients. Nothing is worse for me than waking up the next day and feeling lethargic, bloated and gross because of food. Not happening!

Ingredients:
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 cup creamy almond butter, no salt
1/4 cup flaxseed meal
1/4 cup blanched(extra fine) almond meal
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp honey

Steps:
1)Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
2)Mix all ingredients with a hand mixer or Kitchen Aid mixer.
3)Pour batter into a brownie pan lined with parchment paper.
4)sprinkle with cacao nibs or enjoy life chocolate chips(optional).
5)Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool  for 15-20 minutes before cutting.

Feeling ambitious...

Brownie Recipe #2

 I love coffee especially Starbucks so I decided to try this brownie recipe and and add espresso powder to the cacao powder. The espresso powder enhances the chocolate flavor. I can't even explain how delicious these are. You have to try both recipes and decide which one you like better. I keep taking bites of each trying to decide which recipe is better and I simply cannot. Chloe likes the espresso love brownie better. Mark likes the ooey gooey brownie recipe better. Well, you know Conor we have to hide food from him. He will eat either one. I am positive he cannot even taste it because he eats so fast. Lol This recipe got it's name from a coffee shop we absolutely adore on Martha's Vineyard, Ma called Espresso Love. Cacao chocolate can improve your memory, increase your bliss, reduce heart disease, shed fat, boost immunity, and create loads of energy. It may surprise you to discover that raw cacao contains nearly four times the antioxidant content of regular processed dark chocolate, 20 times more than blueberries, and 119 times more than bananas.

ESPRESSO LOVE BROWNIE CUPCAKES

Ingredients:

1/4 cup cacao powder
2 tbsp espresso powder
1 cup creamy, no salt almond butter
1/2 c blanched almond meal
1/2 c plus 3 tbsp organic honey or natural organic maple syrup
1/8 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Steps:

1)pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
2)mix all ingredients together with a hand mixer or use your Kitchen Aid Mixer.
3)Pour batter into your silicone muffin pan or use a brownie pan lined with parchment paper.
4) sprinkle with cacao nibs or use enjoy life chocolate chips(optional).
5) Bake in oven oven for 15 min. Let cool for 15-20 min. before taking out of silicone mold.