Making brownies like these before 9 am is never a good idea. I was eating brownies with ice cream by 10 am. Not my most proudest moment.
So, I kind of think Kmart is creepy. No offense if you shop there, don’t hate me. But the last time I was in Kmart near my house looking for candy for our trip to Lake Powell, I noticed a super creepy looking guy wandering down the candy isle. So I waited at least 5 minutes before I went back down that isle, and thankfully, he had drunkenly wandered somewhere else. Once I checked out and left, I noticed he was being arrested. I’m guessing he tried to steal something, but I was just pumped it wasn’t me. Anywho, even though I don’t dig Kmart, I dig their commercials. They must be putting some good money into those. But this one is my favorite so far. It definitely caught my attention, but failed to get me in their store. Sorry Kmart.
I just got new Athleta capris and I’m in love. Even though I love my Lululemon wunder unders, they have become thinner and more see through. It’s quite a bummer. And when I’m in the gym and see half the women with see through pants while they do inch worms and deadlifts, it reminds me that I don’t want them to see my ass. I guess that’s me being professional, you know, because I’m such a professional in my workout pants every day. Actually, that’s me just me being considerate of others. Anywho, my new Athleta capris are thick, slimming and super comfortable to workout in. No Christina Aguilera Dirrty music video over here when I’m squattin’. I want to order a thousand more pairs of these.
Speaking of spandex, I had some amazing cookies yesterday. So the holidays are creepin’ up fast. Like, WHOA fast. I need to get holiday shopping done yesterday. Balls. Anywho, with the holidays creeping up, I’ve been thinking about cookies a lot more. Who am I kidding, I’ve been thinking about sweets a lot more. I go through phases all the time. It’s a sweets kind of phase right now. Probably because my roommates are burning candles that smell like sugar cookies. Either way, I want cookies bad. And thankfully, I have an answer. A cookie that looks AND tastes like the real deal. These cookies are from Gourmet Paleo. Your family won’t even know you’re eating paleo or feeding them paleo when you hand these out around the holidays. And the best part about it, if you use the discount code ‘paleomgcookies’ at check out, you will receive 15% off your order!! My favorite by far is the Chocolate Macadamia, but the Pecan Chocolate Chip is a close second. Now go taste the heaven!
Gingerbread Brownies
- Yield: 9-12 1x
Ingredients
- 13 dates, pitted
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 teaspoons powdered ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- extra coconut oil, for greasing pan
- Coconut Bliss Vanilla Island Ice Cream or PaleOMG Vanilla Ice Cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Place 13 pitted dates in a food processor and pulse until the dates begin to bind and clump together
- Add coconut oil, eggs, molasses, and vanilla extract to the food process and puree until smooth
- Add cocoa powder, coconut flour, powder ginger, cinnamon, ground cloves, baking soda and baking powder along with a pinch of salt and puree until completely combined and smooth
- Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish with extra coconut oil and then pour the brownie mixture into the baking dish and smooth out
- Place in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting.
- Cut brownies into 9-12 brownies then top with ice cream.
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I’m planning on making these tonight, and saw in my cupboard I have a can of pumpkin left over from Turkey day.
If I wanted to put some pumpkin in these..how would that work? Would i need to take something out? And would that even be a good idea? Pumpkin + ginger + brownie sounds amazing to me..but maybe the flavors wouldn’t jive 🙂
(weird – thought I left a comment but I guess not!)
I’m planning on making these tonight, and realized I have a can of pumpkin left over from T-day.
If I wanted to add a bit of pumpkin to these brownies, how would that work? Would I need to take something out?
And would that even be a good idea? In my brain, pumpkin ginger brownies sound amazing – but the combo of flavors may not work 🙂
You could make my pumpkin swirl brownies and just add the spices in the mixture
I could only find chopped dates, can you guess a measurement for the 16 whole dates?
I honestly have no clue. Best guess is 1 cup
Juli! Would it be possible when you hit the print button that the picture is with the recipe. I have a photographic memory and having a picture helps when sorting through recipes. I can always copy and paste into a word document, but that takes more time that I like. Just curious. Thanks!
I made these and they are great! I followed the recipe exactly. Yummers and healthy!
These were sooo good. My daughter (4yrs.) said “wow mom, these actually look AND taste like a brownie!” We have had some failed paleo brownie attempts in the past…
Just popping this gingerbread in the oven, can’t wait to taste!!!
So delicious! I used maple syrup instead of molasses because I didn’t have any. Topped with some Coconut Dream and it’s a seriously legit dessert.
So, these brownies christened my new food processor. Talk about AWESOME. The flavor, to die for. The moistness, shut the front door. I’m secretly glad everyone was so stuffed after dinner they didn’t eat much dessert. That means more of these brownies for me!
I made a trifle using this recipe, whipped coconut milk, coconut milk chocolate pudding and layered it all in a fancy dish with raspberries. It was an incredible Gingerbread trifle! My family loves the paleo baking I do, and this was one of the favourite desserts so far. Thank you!!!
that sounds amazing!! nice job!