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Brookies | Vegan, No Bake & Gluten Free

A delicious mix of brownies and cookies made from simple whole ingredients.
Total Time10 minutes
Servings: 16
Author: Amanda Nicole Smith

Ingredients

Brownie Ingredients

  • 1 cup pecans
  • 1 cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup medjool dates*
  • 1/2 cup cacao powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Cookie Ingredients

  • 1 cup cashews
  • 1 cup almond meal
  • 1/4 cup cacao nibs; or chocolate chips
  • 5 medjool dates*
  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar; *optional not raw
  • 1/2 vanilla bean; or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt

Instructions

  • De-pit the dates, and soak if you do not have soft juicy dates.

Brownies

  • Add all the ingredients to a food processor with serrated blades or a powerful blender, manually mixing to make sure it all blends evenly. Process until the brownie mixture builds up and sticks to the walls of the food processor.
  • Press down brownies with your hands or a spoon into a glass dish.

Cookies

  • Add all the ingredients to a food processor with serrated blades or a powerful blender, manually mixing to make sure it all blends evenly. Process until the cookie batter builds up and sticks to the walls of the food processor.
  • Press down cookies on top of the brownies with your hands or a spoon.
  • Freeze for 20-30 minutes or refrigerate for an hour or so to let it firm up a bit.

Notes

*If you don't have fresh super soft dates, soak them for 10-20 minutes.
Store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Brownie Notes:
If you want less sweetness and more nuttiness, use 1/2-3/4 cups dates and add a tablespoon or two of nut butter.
If the mixture turns out dry it's probably due to non-fresh super soft dates, either add a tiny bit of water, or nut butter
Cookie Notes:
You can make your own almond meal by processing almonds in a food processor for about a minute. It only takes about 10 seconds if done in a vitamix.
*Coconut sugar gives a sweeter, more crumbly cookie. In most cookies you can distinguish a little bit of sugar crystal texture and so to make these raw vegan cookies more realistic I add a bit of coconut sugar. It also gives a nice almost brown sugar taste.