Chickpea Blondies – Rainbow Nourishments

Printed: Jul 14, 2023 by Anthea

Delicate and fudgy chickpea blondies comprised of more healthy elements. These blondies are simple to make and are naturally vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free identical to my chickpea cookie dough!

Substances for chickpea blondies

Notes on the elements and substitutions

Cooked chickpeas or white beans. You should use canned or comfortable home-cooked chickpeas (also called garbanzo beans).

Nut butter of selection. I used pure cashew butter as its taste jogs my memory of cookies. Nonetheless, peanut butter, almond butter, or sunflower seed butter (for nut-free) will work!

Pure maple syrup for sweetness and to make these blondies further fudgy. Alternatively, you need to use every other liquid sweetener in the identical quantity.

Oat flour for construction and to verify these blondies aren’t sticky. Alternatively, you need to use almond flour or all-purpose flour (with barely completely different outcomes). I do not suggest coconut flour because it’s too absorbent.

An entire record of elements, portions and directions are within the grey recipe card on the backside of this publish.

The best way to make chickpea blondies

Merely, add all of your elements besides the chocolate chips to a meals processor and mix till clean. Alternatively, you need to use a stand blender or stick blender! The consistency of your batter will depend upon what nut butter you used and the way totally you blended it.

Notice: In case you’re making your personal oat flour, blitz them in your meals processor first. In case you add the oats concurrently the opposite elements, your blondies might be grainy.

Lastly, take away the blade of your meals processor and blend in your chocolate chips (or different add-ins). After a couple of minutes, your batter will thicken because the oat flour will soak up the moisture from the chickpeas.

Baking the blondies

These vegan blondies take about 22-28 minutes to bake, relying in your oven. For fudgier blondies that follow the highest of your mouth, bake them for much less time. For sturdier brownies, bake them for longer.

Your chickpea blondies are prepared once they puff up and the floor is golden brown. Once you let the blondies cool, they may deflate a bit – don’t fret, that is utterly regular!

Tip: The best way to lower chickpea blondies

Chickpea blondies are fudgier and stickier than basic brownies so may be difficult to chop. You are welcome to chop them in no matter approach you need. Nonetheless, listed here are my prime tricks to neatly lower the blondies:

• Anticipate the blondies to totally cool earlier than chopping them. This will take 1-2 hours.
• Use the sharpest knife that you simply personal!
• Run your knife below sizzling water and lower the blondies with the nice and cozy knife. The warmth from the knife will assist lower by means of the chocolate chips.
• In case your blondies are nonetheless sticking to your knife, spray or brush your heat knife with oil.
• Minimize the blondies in a single movement. Do not transfer the knife backwards and forwards.
• Wipe your knife clear between every lower.

Elective add-ins

I added vegan darkish chocolate chips to my blondies as a result of they’re scrumptious! Nonetheless, you too can add:

• Dairy-free white chocolate chips
• Chopped walnuts or pecans. Or no matter nuts you’ve gotten in your pantry!
• Cinnamon and nutmeg for blondies which can be harking back to donuts
• Cocoa powder for chickpea brownies. Exchange ¼ cup (22g) of the oat flour with ¼ cup (25g) of cocoa powder. Or you could like my no-bake vegan brownies.

Adapting this recipe

Simpler vegan gluten-free desserts

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Chickpea Blondies

Delicate and fudgy chickpea blondies comprised of more healthy elements. These blondies are simple to make and are naturally vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free.

Prep Time10 minutes

Prepare dinner Time25 minutes

Complete Time35 minutes

Servings: 16 small bars

Directions

Put together the chickpea blondies:

• Add all of the elements besides the chocolate chips to a meals processor or blender Mix till the combination is as clean as attainable. It must be barely runny.

• Take away the blade of your meals processor. Add the chocolate chips and blend with a spoon or spatula. Be sure your blondie batter is not heat once you add the chocolate in any other case the chocolate will soften.

• Pour the batter into your ready baking pan. Easy the floor with a spoon or spatula. If desired, sprinkle further chocolate chips on prime of the batter and press them in.

Bake the chickpea blondies:

• Bake the chickpea blondies for 23-28 minutes. The blondies are prepared once they have overrated and the floor is golden brown. In case you insert a toothpick within the center, it ought to come out clear (just a few moist crumbs are high-quality however there should not be any moist batter).

• Place the sq. baking pan on a wire rack. Permit the blondies to chill utterly within the baking pan for a minimum of 1 hour. The blondies are very comfortable once they’re heat.

• When the blondies have utterly cooled, take away them from the baking pan and lower them with a pointy knife. The blondies are very fudgy so it might assist to run your knife below sizzling water earlier than chopping them (see the weblog publish above for extra ideas for chopping). If desired, sprinkle the blondies with flaky sea salt or get pleasure from with vegan ice cream.

• Retailer leftover blondies in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days or within the freezer for as much as 1 month.

Notes

1. Pure peanut butter, almond butter or sunflower seed butter will even work. My cashew butter was fairly thick so in case your nut butter is runny, your ultimate batter might be a distinct consistency. The blondies will bake equally.
2. If you would like to make your personal oat flour, add ~⅓ cup (45g) of conventional rolled oats to a meals processor or blender and grind them up as finely as attainable. Then add the remainder of the elements and mix. Alternatively, you need to use all-purpose flour or almond flour, in the identical quantity. Blondies made with almond flour might be extra fudgy and moist.
3. Alternatively, you need to use every other liquid sweetener in the identical quantity. Brown sugar and coconut sugar will even work (use the grams measurement). You are welcome to scale back the quantity of sweetener however I like to recommend baking your blondies for much less time. Your ultimate blondies will even be thinner.

Vitamin

Serving: 1 blondie | Energy: 140kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 4g | Fats: 6g | Sodium: 90mg | Potassium: 123mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg

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