Beetroot Brownies
A chocolate treat using your beets!
Ingredients
- 2-3 medium size beetroot, cooked, peeled and chopped
- 60g Cocoa powder
- 3 eggs
- 100g self raising flour, preferably wholemeal
- Tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 75g dark chocolate, chopped up
- 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
- 100g of chopped dates
- Cup of water
- Optional extras - you can add berries or crushed nuts
Please note that our recipes are an approximate guideline - Quantities along with ingredients are totally adaptable to suit personal taste, consistency and density as well as portion sizes.
Method
Pre-heat your oven to 180c
Grease or line a rectangular or square tin with greaseproof baking paper
Mix the beetroot, eggs, cocoa powder, oil and dates in a bowl or a food mixer
Add the flour, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and blend until mixed well and combined
Add water if need be, stir in the chocolate
Add the mixture to the tin and spread out evenly
Bake for approx 20 minutes until the mix has risen and firm/bouncy to touch
Cut into portion sizes when cooled and serve with cream, icecream or a healthier option of Greek/plain yoghurt
