Ok Vegan MoFo’ers I’m back! I totally intended to do today’s post and tomorrow’s post during the week but things got a little too hectic around here and it just didn’t happen. I will do better next week!
On Wednesday I promised you these Cinnamon Salted Caramel Brownies after I posted my Cinnamon Salted Caramel Sauce recipe. I have to admit I got the idea for this concept some time ago when Cara from Fork and Beans asked me to do a guest post on her amazing blog.
That girl is so freaking talented and creative that I knew what I came up with needed to live up to her awesomeness After A LOT of brainstorming I came up with a Salted Caramel Skillet Cookie made from a Raw Salted Caramel I had made before. Today’s recipe is really just a variation on a theme. The concept is the same. Just a few different ingredients for a totally new flavor!
This recipe is a synch to throw together. Just prepare the Salted Caramel Sauce in your blender then mix it with a few dry ingredients and in 20 minutes, viola! Warm, gooey, Cinnamon Salted Caramel Brownies. You will even have lots of left over sauce to drizzle over top and save for ice cream. Speaking of ice cream, stay tuned for tomorrow’s Fall ice cream recipe!
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ¾ cup solid coconut oil (use non-virgin if you do not want the taste of coconut)
- 2 TBSP vanilla extract
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ¾ tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 2 cups sifted almond flour
- 1½ cups salted caramel sauce
- Put all ingredients for the salted caramel into a food processor or a high speed blender.
- Blend on high for approximately 2 minutes, scraping the sides down periodically. (blending this long will create a very sticky caramel like sauce) THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT! DON’t SKIP DOING IT FOR THIS LONG!
- In a large bowl, combine cocoa powder, almond flour.
- Pour 1½ cups of the salted caramel sauce into the mixture and stir until well combined.
- Spread the mixture evenly into a lightly oiled 8×8 pan.
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Drizzle warm salted caramel over the top.
- Allow to cool in the pan before slicing.
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Oh boy these brownies look so gooey and dense and wonderfulll!!
Oh hell yes. These look incredible and I love how they use healthy ingredients. Will definitely make these, and I’m reminding myself by pinning them here: http://pinterest.com/vegangela/vegan-mofo-2012/. Happy Vegan MoFo!
Thanks Angela! They have been going crazy all over pinterest!
You had me at salted caramel!
If I wasn’t just in the kitchen for five straight hours (MoFoing it up!) I would totally make these right now. I’m taking a little break until I have to check the contents of my oven in, oh, three minutes!
I may just have to (at least!) make that caramel sauce.
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Can I substitute some of the maple syrup with molasses or something else? 1 1/4 cup’s worth is pretty expensive.
Thanks.
Hi Jessie,
You can substitute it for molasses. I haven’t tried this yet, but I’m sure the consistency would be great. The molasses may change the “caramely” flavor that the maple syrup gives. I would maybe do 1/2 and 1/2.
The other option is to cut the caramel recipe in half. That will give you just enough to make the brownies.
Yum! These will definitely be a hit a the Bennett Camp!
These look just heavenly! I have been dying for some vegan (and GF caramel). I plan to make these lovelies sometime soon!
Baker Bettie strikes again- these look incredible and so fudgey!
Thanks Heather! They are. And dangerous. I have to hide them from myself.
I made these tonight–INCREDIBLE! Thank you so much!
I am so glad you made them and loved them Allison! These are one of my favorite creations!
These were very moist and yummy! Didn’t taste any cinnamon and very very coconutty.
Hi Linda, glad you thought they were tasty! Thanks for trying out the recipe. You know, I should have mentioned, and now I will edit the recipe, that the cheaper coconut oil (the more refined stuff) is better for baking because it doesn’t have the coconut flavor. If you don’t mind the coconut flavor, then the Virgin stuff is fine. I’m guessing that the coconut flavor overtook the cinnamon, because mine have always had a strong cinnamon taste. If you do try them again and don’t want the coconut flavor, use a cheaper non-virgin oil. You could also increase the cinnamon by 1/2 tsp if you want an even stronger cinnamon flavor!
I made the caramel, it was absolutely awesome! I was so pumped, I thought how could I mess up the brownies now? Well, somehow I managed to do the impossible. My brownies came out of the oven with a thick layer of liquid on top. I’m not sure if it’s from the coconut oil, or if it was because I used the end of my almond butter, but… yeah. So they were dense, oily, and underbaked in the middle. Silver lining, I now have extra caramel from not putting any on top of finished brownies. I’ve eaten it on everything and with every meal for 24 hours. YUM
Well, I am so glad that the caramel worked out for you! I’m so sorry about the failure with the brownies. Just to help me figure out what might have gone wrong, did you change anything about the recipe? Did you make the gluten free version or the regular version? I am going to make these again this week to double check measurements, but I have received feedback that they turned out for some other people. I don’t like it when my recipes don’t work out.
Anyway, hope you are having a good weekend and glad you have been enjoying that caramel!
I made everything exactly to recipe, except I used honey instead of molasses (I’m dairy and egg intolerant, so I cook vegan-ish). I made the regular version, I didn’t have the ingredients for gluten-free. I ended up soaking the oil off the top, sprinkling some cocoa powder on top, and sticking it back in the oven… that seemed to help some (and it’s not like I’m not eating it anyway
). I’m not worried, I’m totally going to give the another try. Could it have been because I used 3/4 cup melted coconut oil instead of using it in it’s solid foim?
Hmmm, well the recipe doesn’t use honey or molasses, it uses maple syrup, but I don’t think either of those things would make it oily. As far as using the melted coconut oil, I guess it could be that. When I make it, I do use it in it’s solid form but I’m just wondering if you melted it before you measured it? I feel like 3/4 cup of melted coconut oil might be more than 3/4 cup solid coconut oil.
The melted oil is most likely the problem. When you’re cooking with solid fats, you’re relying on the fat’s melting point to keep things volumized and well incorporated. When you use liquid fat in a recipe which requires a solid, it usually ends up really flat and oily.
This is a really good point Rachel! I edited the recipe to specify using solid coconut oil which is what I always do for this recipe but people are so in the habit of melting coconut oil. Thanks for your input!
Wow! These look so incredible! Can’t wait to try these
Hi Kristin,
I had these brownies on my mind since I saw them on Facebook. They look amazing!
Thanks for sharing the recipe, just linked to it in my 100 chocolate recipes round-up
Making these right now!
Caaaaan I have some?
Are you bringing dessert tomorrow for dinner?
I just made this, and my blender broke!!!! My arm is ridiculously tired, it definitely could have been better but the sauce turned out ok, can’t wait to try this again with a working blender.
Yummy!
On dirait des pâtes… ;-p
Mais ouais, cest pas la bonne image ! Je veux le gateau moi <3
Ah bah non, ça devait être un brownie au caramel normalement…
http://bakerbettie.com/2012/10/06/cinnamon-salted-caramel-brownies-gluten-free-vegan/?fb_comment_id=fbc_332660346829159_55753040_421976354564224
Ça c'est la recette sur laquelle ai salivé
Ah ben ça devait être bon ensuite, tiens !!!
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