Sometimes it sucks to be me. I wish I could trade intestinal tract with "healthy" people. If I want something special, I have to make it myself. And if I get desperate and try my hand at the sweets offered for the gluten free crowd, I am paying $8 for 4 cookies.
What is a girl to do? Well I tried my hand at gluten free baking for realls... Brownies. Thick, rich, fudgy brownies that didn't come in a tiny container with a shocking price tag. These are not from the box variety either. I hesitate to give you the recipe because I should really copyright it first. But in the spirit of giving all my talents over to building up the gluten free community, (we get precious little that is absolutely divine anyhow), I give you the worlds best brownie recipe.
This is not a fluffy lightweight so beware...you will gain weight if you make these more than once a month.
2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup almond flour (not meal)
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1 cup Hersheys baking cocoa
1 cup butter softened ( you could use vegan shortening here if you are dairy free)
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips (they sell vegan chips as well)
2/3 cup chopped pecans
1 large pinch of kosher salt
Now take that butter and beat it until creamy and add the eggs one at a time until incorporated. Add vanilla. Mix all the dry ingredients together (run them through a sifter if necessary...I do because I hate lumps). Add 1/3 of dry mixture to butter until incorporated. Add the remaining 2/3 and mix until smooth (I use a stand mixer so this step takes about 30 seconds.) Then add your chocolate chips and pecans. Line a 9X13 pan with parchment paper and pour (I mean plop...it really doesn't pour)into pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Let it sit a few minutes unless you want melted chocolate chip burning the roof of your mouth off. It's hard to resist, but I know you can do it. After about 15 minutes all you have to do is pull up on the parchment paper to retrieve your perfect brownies. I recommend cutting these babies after they have cooled completely because they are one hot mess if not. Of course, I dug right in just to see if they had that gross metallic taste that so many gluten free baked items have....I think I had a tungasm right then and there! I impatiently waited for this rectangle of heaven to cool and then I sliced me some love with a serrated knife. These brownies are chock full of calories. And to tell you the truth, not one person will even know that these are gluten free. They are soooooo amazing! I can honestly say, that this recipe is all my own creation. It's a mix of my Grandma's recipe, a Christmas jar mix recipe and a little inspiration thrown in for good measure. I finally don't feel like a freak! Yippee!!!
