Paleo Brownies

Paleo Chocolate Brownies

Here is a quick recipe for some awesome chocolate brownies.  They are sweetened with 100% pure maple syrup which can be used like honey and agave to sweeten up desserts.  This was a very quick and easy recipe and I enjoyed it warm and gooey - right out of the oven.  This recipe was pinned on Pinterest from the Easy Peasy website.  You will need:

• 1 cup pure maple syrup
• 3/4 cup natural cocoa powder
• 1 cup almond butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips    

1. Heat syrup on low heat on the stove.  Stir in cocoa powder over low heat until smooth.  It took me about 3 minutes of stirring.  The website said to 'be careful' that cocoa is easy to burn. Sorry I didn't take pictures - I was busy stirring.

2. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients (except the chocolate chips) until thoroughly mixed.  Pour into a well greased 8x8 pan and sprinkle with the chocolate chips.  Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes.  I used the non-stick foil and it worked perfect.  

 These were awesome.  The only things missing were vanilla ice cream on top and a big cup of milk!  Yum Yum!