Nutty Raw Brownies with Raspberry Glaze

This recipe will make you a believer of raw desserts or raw brownies for that matter. These are moist, rich, chocolatey and super chewy. If you like chocolatey cookie dough, then this will be a hit for you!

Ingredients

Brownies

• 1 heaping cup raw pecan halves (120 g)
• 1 heaping cup whole raw almonds (150 g)
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder (46 g)
• 2 tablespoons coconut sugar (helps with the texture and flavor)
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed (21 g)
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup (or agave) (120 mL)
• 1 tablespoon Dastony sprouted pumpkin seed butter
  
  Note
  I understand not everybody is going to be able to order the pumpkin seed butter from every location, so you can sub with creamy almond butter. It will have a less creamy taste, but will still be delicious.

Raspberry Glaze

• 1/2 cup raspberries
  1-2 tablespoons syrup/agave

Instructions

1. Add the pecans and walnuts to a food processor and blend into a flour, about 10 seconds. You don’t want to overprocess or it will turn into butter. Add the cacao powder, sugar, salt and flaxseed and blend just until mixed, another 10 seconds.

2. Add the syrup/agave and pumpkin seed butter and blend just until it all comes together in a ball (see photo), another 5-10 seconds. Don’t overprocess.

3. Line a 9X5 loaf pan with parchment paper hanging over the sides. Add the mixture to the pan and press down flat and hard and out to the edges. I used a rubber spatula to help press the mixture down. It will be very sticky, so be patient. It also will help to dampen your fingers with water. Once the mixture is spread out, overlap the paper over the mixture and press down really flat and hard and smooth it out to the corners. This will help form the bars and make the mixture hold. Place to firm up in the freezer for an hour.

4. Remove from the freezer and pull out with the parchment paper and slice into 8 bars. Wrap each bar in plastic wrap and keep stored in the freezer or fridge. I like mine straight from the fridge as they are chewy and edible that way, but the fridge works too, they will just be slightly softer.

5. To make the glaze, simply blend the raspberries with the syrup in a food processor until very smooth. Strain through a strainer to catch all the seeds, pressing through with a spoon. Place in the fridge to firm up a bit, or you can add tapioca or a thickener. I added a tiny bit of cocoa powder to mine. It will thicken up in the fridge.