Brownies!

I was making some food *care packs* for grain-free, dairy-free friends/family.

Special folks caught up in the craziness of new babies, big moves and surgery.....all needing support and healthy food.

I made roasted vegetable frittatas and garden salads and then threw in these Walnut Brownies for dessert.

Dinner at your door! What could be better?

Walnut Brownies

(From The Primal Blueprint Cookbook, by Mark Sisson and Jennifer Meier)

1 3/4 cups walnut meal (grind up raw walnuts in the food processor until they look like breadcrumbs...but before they are a paste!)
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
2 large eggs
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup extra virgin coconut oil (gently melted)

1. In a medium bowl, mix the walnut meal, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs for a minute, then add the coconut milk, maple syrup, vanilla, and oil, whisking until completely blended.
3. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, mixing until there are no dry pockets.
4. Butter a 13 x 9 inch pan.
5. Pour the mixture into the pan.
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes at 350 F. Cool before cutting.

This makes a lighter, more crumbly brownie than you might be used to, but they are moist and chocolatey and SO good!

{We sampled them before sending them out, obviously. We had to make sure they weren't poison.}