juliebove
07-25-2006, 11:30 PM
Okay, so I'd have called it Almond Joy, but since I'm allergic to almonds, I had used pecans instead.
I made R.P.'s brownies, tripling the recipe and adding about 1/4 cup coconut oil to it, a few extra dates (just because they were there), the pecans, a sprinkle of salt and a sprinkle of vanilla powder. Not sure if vanilla powder is raw or not, but you could use a bit of vanilla bean if you had it. I also added not quite 1/4 cup of water at the end to make it more moist.
The additional dates gave it a bit of a sweeter taste and the coconut oil makes it taste like an Almond Joy candy bar. I'm sure some coconut added to this would be super good too, but I didn't add it because I'm the only real coconut lover in this house. My daughter didn't seem to care for this version as much as the original. She really doesn't like the taste of coconut and I added enough of the oil to where the taste is coming through. I really like it though.
I made R.P.'s brownies, tripling the recipe and adding about 1/4 cup coconut oil to it, a few extra dates (just because they were there), the pecans, a sprinkle of salt and a sprinkle of vanilla powder. Not sure if vanilla powder is raw or not, but you could use a bit of vanilla bean if you had it. I also added not quite 1/4 cup of water at the end to make it more moist.
The additional dates gave it a bit of a sweeter taste and the coconut oil makes it taste like an Almond Joy candy bar. I'm sure some coconut added to this would be super good too, but I didn't add it because I'm the only real coconut lover in this house. My daughter didn't seem to care for this version as much as the original. She really doesn't like the taste of coconut and I added enough of the oil to where the taste is coming through. I really like it though.