Black Bean Brownies

(feel free to call Flourless Brownies if the Black Beans would scare people)

This is the “A”…and if this works…

1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained

3 eggs

¼ cup melted and slightly cooled

Shot of Liquid

(So I couldn’t get the above perfectly smooth, the point is to make the Black Beans Invisible, so I added a shot of Rum. Kraken Rum, you could taste it and I think it enhanced the Chocolate flavor a lot. But any liquid would do and I got thinking, if Rum was good, how about Bourbon? Triple Sec or Amaretto or Kahlua? In the end, coffee would work too if you are a no alcohol kind of person.)

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 pinch salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup white sugar

¼ cup of chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees .Lightly grease an 8x8 square baking dish.

Combine the black beans, eggs, butter, and “liquid”. Blend until perfectly smooth. Pour into a mixing bowl.

Add cocoa powder, salt , vanilla extract, sugar; whisk  until smooth; pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the mixture.

Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.

Lining the baking dish with foil or parchment so you easily lift out makes for easier cutting.

Then this should work too. This is the “B”

So this recipe works, and works well. But I never do the same thing twice.  So the next time I made it with Chocolate Chips AND Walnuts Sprinkled on top and Use Bourbon instead of Rum.

From there I imagine, a Tablespoon of instant coffee into batter (maybe increase sugar by 2 tablespoons?), and use Kahlua.

Add Almonds, almond extract instead of Vanilla, use Amaretto.

Add Hazelnuts and Use Fragelica.

Add Coconut and replace chocolate chips with White Chocolate Chips.

And Finally…Soak dry cherries in a couple of tablespoons of warmed liquid and stir in the batter. Use Kirsch (cherry flavored liquor) instead of Rum.