BROWNIE TIME!

MmmMmm.

There are so many wonderful vegan brownie recipes out there, and hopefully this one is able to compete in the running. These brownies are moist, dense and chewy so don't expect hardcore fluffy crumble-in-your-mouth kind of wonder. This is a re-worked recipe I found on VegWeb.

I have to say these were a HIT in the household and I too enjoyed them. For icing I used the chocolate icing from HIAV, which I will post as well and hope that I am not in any violation of copyright laws. *HAAY SARAH KRAMER*

What You'll Need:
2 cups flour. 1 cup white and 1 cup whole wheat
1 cup water
1 cup brown sugah ("sugar" for all you non-gangsters reading this,)
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp organic vanilla extract
1/2 extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 very large bar of 80% dark chocolate.

Directions:

1) Over low heat, boil water and add 1/2 cup of flour stirring constantly. You want a thin glue paste mixture. Remove from heat and LET IT COOL.

2) Add sugah, vanilla, cocoa, oil and salt. Then add the remaining flour-water mixture. Stir.
3) Add the rest of the 1 1/2 cups of flour, baking powder and melted dark chocolate.

4) Then, you're going to get a dough that should look like this and be very hard to do anything with other than stick it into a greased pan. So do just that. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Let these babies cool for a good 40 minutes before you put on the icing, trust me-it'll be worth it.

How It All Vegan's: Chocolate Icing pg 149

What You'll Need:

1 cup cold water (I really hope I don't need to tell you it should be filtered water. Common people, GET WITH THE TIMES and INVEST IN A WATER FILTER! Ick)

5 tbsp white flour
1 cup raw cane sugar
1 tsp organic vanilla
6 tbsp Earth Balance
3 tbsp cocoa powder

On medium heat combine water and flour until it's a thin gluey paste like your brownies were. Remove from heat and cool in fridge. It's best to make your icing BEFORE or DURING your brownie process. I had my favorite dinner guest hook up the icing while I made the brownies so it worked out great. If you're alone and cooking these babies up-make your icing before you do anything else..you really want it to cool. In a medium bowl combine raw cane sugar, vanilla, Earth Balance, and cocoa powder until mixed. Add the cooled flour mixture to this and whisk together until there are no lumps, bumps or clumps. Stick in the fridge until your brownies are cooked and cooled.