Vegan Brownies for my Secret Pal

Another treat for my secret pal who happens to be vegan. This one I won't encourage you to try. ;-)

http://thebigmansworld.com/2015/10/05/healthy-3-ingredient-flourless-brownies/

Ingredients

1. 3 medium, overripe bananas (approximately 1 cup or so)
2. 1/2 cup smooth almond butter (can sub for any smooth nut butter)
3. 2 T - 1/4 cup cocoa powder (more = richer taste)

Instructions

Preheat the oven the 350 degrees, grease a small cake pan or loaf pan and set aside.

In a small microwave-safe bowl or stovetop, melt your nut butter. 

In a large mixing bowl, add the banana, nut butter and cocoa powder and mix very well.

Pour the mixture into the greased pan and bake for around 20 minutes or until cooked through. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before slicing into pieces.

My secret pal kept these in the fridge which was a suggestion from the original recipe post. She also ate them with "milk" kind of like cereal and LOVED them!

Happy Health&HappyBaking,

AttyMae

Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies for my Secret Pal

I found this great recipe on Pinterest for vegan peanut butter cookies for my Secret Pal at work. They were delicious and I will make them again!

Link for original recipe: http://mywholefoodlife.com/2015/03/24/3-ingredient-peanut-butter-cookies/

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted natural peanut butter

¼ cup + 1 T maple syrup

1 tsp sea salt (I was going for a sweet/salty flavor. If you just want sweet, use ½ the amount of salt.)

Preheat oven to 350.

In a food processor, combine all three ingredients

Using a cookie scoop, drop cookies onto a lined baking sheet.

Use a fork to flatten then and make the cross pattern.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Let cookies cool completely before removing from the baking sheet.

My VEGAN secret pal LOVED these! So do I! Please do yourself a favor and make these sometime. You won't regret it.

&HappyBaking,

AttyMae