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Low Carb Caramel Brownies (FM)
Recipes | January 12, 2016
*yields 8 portions (8 equal size brownies)
Ingredients for the Brownies
1 cup almond flour (not almond meal)
1 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 tbsp erythritol
1/4 tsp baking soda
7 dates pitted
3 large eggs
1/2 cup unrefined coconut oil, melted
1/2 tsp vanilla stevia
1/4 tsp salt
Ingredients for the Caramel Sauce
3/4 cup coconut cream
3/4 cup erythritol
2 tbsp honey
1/4 cup palm shortening
Instructions for the caramel sauce
- In a sauce pan bring the coconut cream, erythritol, and honey to a boil, then reduce to simmer and cook stirring frequently for 10 minutes.
- Allow the sauce to cool down for at least 5 minutes.
- Add the shortening until completely combined and smooth.
- Serve on top of the brownies.
Instructions for the Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Pulse all the dry ingredients in a blender.
- Add the dates, eggs and oil and pulse until well combined into a dough and dates completely shredded.
- Transfer the dough into a greased non-stick 9″ loaf pan. Press it down into the pan into an even layer and smooth out with a spatula.
- Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes. Let it cool down for an hour.
- Remove from the loaf pan and then spread and even layer of the caramel sauce on top and cut into 8 even squares. Keep covered in a tupperware so that the brownies don’t dry out. They taste really good when refrigerated or heat up in a microwave.
Macros Per Brownie:
Calories: 466.6
Carbs: 32.3 g
Net Carbs: 23.8 g
Fat: 38.6 g
Protein: 9.1 g
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pa, usa
These are FM?!?!?! Omg! Is there a sub for Palm shortening?
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lake tahoe, nv, usa
Not really. You can use butter I guess but that’s not the best for frosting if you’re going to store the brownies in a room temperature. I’m also thinking coconut oil, but I’m not sure how would that change the consistency, texture and taste.
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slovakia
Hello Zuzi,
maybe stupid question – but what is that “palm shortening”? Thank you 🙂
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Zuzka, how much coconut oil please? 🙂 it says:
1/2 unrefined coconut oil, melted
Is it just me who is misunderstanding or is something missing? 🙂
Thank you so much for all your amazing recipes and inspiration!
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pa, usa
I will have to wait until I get palm sugar then! Thanks for the super fast answer! I was just perusing the recipes for some new menu ideas!!
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pa, usa
*shortening
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ca, usa
I have to try these! Yum! I made the low carb breakfast “waffles” tonight for dinner. Really liked them! Thanks for sharing your recipes!
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france
How many serves please ?????
Private Member |
lake tahoe, nv, usa
8 brownies
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czech republic
Oh my… ♥ Saving the recipe 🙂 Thank you.
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OMG. Is that a FM? I was treating dates as WEM.. I tried palm shortening for the chocolate/peanut butter cookies and while they were awesome the frosting tasted a little tart (totally still yummy). I’ll try coconut oil with these and report back..
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lake tahoe, nv, usa
Dates would be WEM by themselves but there are only 7 of them with all of the other ingredients, so the ratio is good.
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Oh, OK. Thanks!
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pa, usa
Please let me know if it works !
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I tried the caramel sauce without the palm shortening and failed miserably – although maybe I wasn’t patient enough.
I added coconut oil instead of palm shortening and it just stayed very liquid for a long time. So, lost patience and added the palm shortening which didn’t help (because too much melted coconut oil?). So I poured the whole thing on the brownie and put in the fridge.
The brownie is To-Die-For – SO good. ..and now it has this coconut oil/ palm shortening coating which is tasty too, but not quite as intended…
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pa, usa
Thanks for the update!! I am going to try this weekend! Glad the brownie is good because I have not yet found a “non traditional” brownie that is! I discovered a healthy homemade cheezit recipe so this is a good week !!
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I’ve tried a few “healthy” brownie recipes and I think this is the best one. One thing that is great about these is that it is very dense. I have a huge sweet tooth but this brownie really satisfies a sugar/chocolate craving with just a tiny piece (and I didn’t even add the stevia BTW).
Do share the cheezit recipe!
Is it Zuzka’s? She had a really good one a few months ago: https://zuzkalight.com/nutrition/cheddar-cheese-crackers-fm/
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pa, usa
No, I missed that one ! I haven’t tried hers, but these truly taste like Cheezits. I am an addict too!
http://wholenewmom.com/recipes/homemade-cheez-it-crackers-cracker-recipe/
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Thanks! I’ll have to try these!
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Would you mind to include the macros/calorie per serving or whole receipe for future receipes?
Would be awesome! Could you imagine to set up a “mark as favorite- button” (as you have for the workouts) for us, that we can safe our receipes on our accounts to have them available in any case?
I often think of a receipe, that I have in mind and know, that I have seen it on your website, but then wasn´t able to find it. Such a pity!
Thx for your thoughts on this
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pa, usa
I was just thinking that about the favorites button for the recipes ! That would totally rock ! I would mark the berry pancake batter muffins for sure! And anyone who got zuzkas book needs to make the pecan bread!!
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You’re killing me Zuzka! ❤️ Trying this too! 🙂
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can you sub with coconut flour instead of the almond flour?
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OMG! I ‘m making these tonight. Thanks Zuzuka!