½ cup unsweetened applesauce
8 pitted Deglet Noor dates
1 very ripe banana
½ cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup gluten-free flour (I used gluten-free oat flour)
½ cup almond meal
½ cup cacao powder (you can use cocoa powder, but you won’t get as rich a chocolate flavor)
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup Lily’s dairy, sugar, nut free chocolate chips (allergen alert: they contain soy)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit). Lightly grease an 8x8 baking dish.
In a food processor, combine applesauce, dates, banana, honey, and vanilla. Process until as smooth as possible (there will still be small bits of dates). In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients except the Lily’s chocolate chips.
Pour wet ingredients into dry and combine just until the dry ingredients are incorporated into the wet ingredients. Add the chocolate chips and fold into batter.
Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes (top should appear slightly dry; edges should just be beginning to pull away from sides of pan).
Cool before cutting.
Enjoy!
(recipe adapted from the Clean Start cookbook by Terry Walters)
8 pitted Deglet Noor dates
1 very ripe banana
½ cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup gluten-free flour (I used gluten-free oat flour)
½ cup almond meal
½ cup cacao powder (you can use cocoa powder, but you won’t get as rich a chocolate flavor)
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup Lily’s dairy, sugar, nut free chocolate chips (allergen alert: they contain soy)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit). Lightly grease an 8x8 baking dish.
In a food processor, combine applesauce, dates, banana, honey, and vanilla. Process until as smooth as possible (there will still be small bits of dates). In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients except the Lily’s chocolate chips.
Pour wet ingredients into dry and combine just until the dry ingredients are incorporated into the wet ingredients. Add the chocolate chips and fold into batter.
Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes (top should appear slightly dry; edges should just be beginning to pull away from sides of pan).
Cool before cutting.
Enjoy!
(recipe adapted from the Clean Start cookbook by Terry Walters)
