Vegan Mexican Hot Chocolate Brownies

By andreajayros

Ingredients

• 3 T water
• 2 T flax meal
• 1 3/4 c white wheat flour
• 1/4 t baking soda
• 1/2 c cocoa powder
• Scant 1/2t dried cayenne pepper
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1/2 c vegan dark chocolate chips
• 3/4 t salt
• 1/4 c almond milk + 1/4t nutmeg or 1/4c coconut nog
• 1 1/2 c brown sugar
• 6 T olive oil
• 2 t vanilla extract

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from glueandglitter.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350F, and line an 8 x 8 inch baking dish with parchment paper.

In a small mixing bowl whisk together the water and flax meal, and set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the all-purpose flour and baking soda. Set aside.

In another medium mixing bowl add the cocoa powder, semi-sweet chocolate, spices and salt. Add the almond milk or nog and mix well.

Add the sugar, oil, vanilla extract, flax meal mixture into the chocolate mixture and mix until smooth.

Stir the chocolate mixture into the flour, then knead it by hand until it’s well combined.

Press the batter to the baking dish, and bake for 35 minutes. Cool for 1 hour before popping the brownies out of the pan, slicing, and serving.