Freedom Brownies Recipe
These clean eating freedom brownies are wonderful, grain-free brownies!!
A reader on Facebook forwarded a recipe to me thinking I might enjoy a new type of brownie. A brownie made with coconut flour!
Not being one to turn down a good brownie, I took a peek at the recipe. It looked lovely, and with butter, it would have been clean. But since I’m not eating any dairy at the moment, I had to make a change in the source of fat for these. And because I did that, I had to have more egg to help it bind. I also like a heavier vanilla flavor so….. well…. you get the idea. I changed the recipe.
But my, oh my….what a great treat! Something I absolutely needed for my sanity today…
P.S. – These are gluten-free, dairy-free, AND grain-free! Oh, and did I mention they are DA-ANG good!!????
But it’s also only fair to say that even though these are called “Freedom Brownies”, that doesn’t mean they are free of calories. These are definitely a once-in-a-while treat.
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Freedom Brownies Recipe
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Ingredients
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup coconut oil
- 5 large eggs
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract, non sugar added
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut flour and cocoa powder.
- Whisk in the coconut oil, eggs, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Blend well.
- Pour batter into a greased baking dish (mine was about 7×11), and bake at 350 F. for about 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool. This is important because they tend to fall apart easily when warm, making it difficult to get them out of the pan.
Notes
Nutrition
This recipe from the Gracious Pantry archives, originally posted 3/14/15.
Hi – Can white rice flour be used? Also is white rice flour bad? I’m gluten free.
Thanks,
S
Sarah – Just because rice is brown doesn’t mean it has gluten in it. No more than white rice. But white rice is very processed and not clean.
I am newly gfree and i really appreciate people like u that post all these great, simple, and delicious recipes!!! I added a tad flax seed and walnuts and yum yum they r soooo good.(and boy i hav had some horrible experiences with baking gluten free!)
THANKS:)
Kelsey – My pleasure! 🙂
I made these today with oat flour and they didn’t turn out. It’s all I had so i tried it. Could you tell me what I need to change and still be able to use oat flour, for them to turn out? Thank you
Melisa – I haven’t worked a lot with oat flour, so it’s hard for me to say. I’d have to create a recipe that uses it to be sure. Sorry, wish I could be more help.
I made these tonight for dessert. I only had about half the amount of cocoa powder I needed, so I put in chocolate peanut butter powder. My kids think they are amazing! Thank you for this.
Erin – Fantastic! Glad everyone enjoyed them! 😀
Think they’d work with just egg whites? Five eggs is an awfull lot! Thank you!!
Kristen – They might. But you’d have to double up. You’d need 10 egg whites.
Hi Tiffany.
I was wondering if I could sub the coconut flour for oat flour since I don’t have any coconut flour? (I don’t mind the gluten)
Thank you.
Isabell – I wouldn’t simply because coconut flour is an incredibly “thirsty” flour. The oat flour won’t absorb as much liquid and the batter may get too runny. You could try it if you cut down on the other dry ingredients, but at that point, it becomes one big experiment in measures. I do have two other brownie recipes on my site here if that helps….
I made these tonight for my mother and I. Followed the recipe to a T and they turned out deliciously! I absolutely love your page, everything I’ve ever made had been soooo good! Thank you so much and keep up the great work :)!
Mandi – My pleasure! So glad you both enjoyed them! 🙂
I added chopped almonds and unsweetened coconut to mimic an almond joy.
Alicia – Sounds wonderful! 🙂
While I’m not vegan or gluten free or dairy free, these still look awesome and I’m always up for trying new ideas. Plus anything I can share that will help folks be able to enjoy a clean treat is good with me.
Mike – Let me know how you like them! 🙂
Can I use whole wheat pastry flour instead of coconut flour ?
Tara – No, coconut flour is a very different animal. But I do have a different brownie recipe you might try instead.
They are in the oven! I can already tell by licking the batter they are going to be great! I tried some avacado brownie recipe a few days ago and what a let down…I only trust your taste buds now lady!! Thanks for the awesome recipe!!
Dian – Haha!! Well I hope you enjoy them. 😀
Can I use gluten-free flour instead of coconut flour?
Madison – You can, but you’ll have to use more of it. I don’t know what the conversions are, but coconut flour is very “thirsty” stuff. If you did equal amounts, you would have something closer to soup rather than batter.
Hi! So I’m wondering if you think substituting stevia for maple syrup would be a bad idea? I’m sure it wouldn’t be the same. Not doing sugar for another week, but thought it might be worth a try. Dairy free, gluten free and sugar free is a tough combo when it comes to good desserts. 😉
Page – You probably could, but you’d have to figure out how to make up the difference in the liquid.
Good point…thanks!!
Page – Sure! Let me know how they turn out and what changes you made!
Can i substitute the maple syrup with honey ??
Cherrie – Yes, but the level of sweetness will go up.
I used cacao instead of cocoa. My brownies were very thin (1/4 inch) and cooked in less than 15 minutes. Not sure why. Figured i would stack a few and put some kind of filling in between slices.
Wendy – It’s possible you used a bigger baking dish than I did. That would be my guess.
As soon as I added the coconut oil, it hardened and everything clumped up. I had to throw away the whole batch. Can you recommend another oil?
Jennifer – That’s okay! Just mix it the best you can and bake it. It will melt in the oven just fine.
Followed the recipe to the tee, even baked it 8 min less. Came out like cake brownies. Very disappointed since I wanted chewy…
Bella – I’m sorry you didn’t care for them. 🙁
Wondering if I can sub agave for the maple sugar?
Jill – You can, but it won’t be clean. Agave is highly processed stuff.
Hi Tiffany! Just put brownies in oven. Can’t wait! I have a question about the blending. Do you mean by hand or with a blender, because when I added the coconut oil it started to solidify, making it hard to blend and lumpy. Is this normal for it to go into pan slightly lumpy??
Michele – That’s normal. Just blend it the best you can. You will definitely have lumps. But it’s nice if you can get those lumps broken up a bit.