Description
A rich fudgy brownie sweetened completely with fruit!
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz dates, pitted
- 1 c applesauce
- ½ c butter/ghee (coconut oil or avocado oil for dairy free)
- 4 eggs
- 1 T vanilla
- ½ c dutched cocoa
- 1 c flour (Gluten Free see notes)
- ½ t baking soda
- ¾ t salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour (and xanthan gum if gluten free), baking soda and salt, set aside
- Check dates for pits
- In a food processor or blender, add dates, applesauce, butter/ghee, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa. Blend until combined and dates are in small pieces
- Add mixture to dry ingredients in large bowl and gently mix until just combined
- Pour mixture into a greased oven safe baking dish, bake at 350° for 20-35 minutes or until desired doneness.
Notes
Gluten free: needs more flour and xanthan gum for structure, and I like using plain oat flour
* 1½ c oat flour
* 1 t xanthan gum
Dairy Free: use your favorite butter substitute, coconut oil, or avocado oil
Whole30: use paleo flour and ghee
- Prep Time: :15
- Cook Time: :20-:35
- Category: sweet
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
10 Comments
I love this brwonies, wonderful recipe!!
Awesome, I’m so glad you liked them!!!
I made these brownies and my kids and husband loved them. They never knew that they were sweetened without sugar. Highly recommend trying them!,
I can’t believe these brownies have no sugar. They are delicious. I’d like to try making other sweets using fruit.
Barb, these brownies actually have a lot of sugar, but all the sugar is from fruit so it is packaged with fiber–making it a healthier treat! It is the added sugar (sugar without fiber) that makes things unhealthy, and these brownies have NO ADDED SUGAR! I have lots of other recipes that use fruit to sweeten, check them out!
These brownies are absolutely delicious! I have made these several times and they are a crowd pleaser. I shared them with my parents and they were blown away that they were fruit sweetened. These are even better the next day, if there are any left!
I tried these (gluten free option) and LOVE them! Hard to believe they are sweetened with only fruit…so moist and delicious! Will DEFINITELY be making them again.
WOW! I could not believe they didn’t have granular sugar. I don’t even like dates, and I could not tell–they did not taste like dates!
My kids love them! They had no idea they were healthy brownies! They begged me to make more when the batch was gone! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
The first fruit sweetened brownies that actually taste good! Yay! Family loved them, will def be making again!