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Here’s a delicious cherry brownie recipe for Valentine’s Day. These yummy brownies are soft, moist and easy to make. They are also dairy-free, gluten-free, flourless, fruit sweetened and there’s no added oil in them. So, why don’t you give them a try and surprise someone you love? Or, you can just enjoy them by yourself.
You can use fresh or canned cherries; I used canned ones. Of course, you can use any other fruit that you like. Also, I used pumpkin puree, but you can use mashed banana, applesauce or any type of fruit puree of your choice.
I made my brownies with coconut flour. However, you can use flax meal, nut flour, or desiccated coconut instead.
Also, I decided to add a tablespoon of hazelnut butter. This is optional, but it adds a lot to the flavor. You can use another type of nut butter, or just skip this step.
I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out my brownies and make them extra special.
I served my brownies with a pink sauce made of cherry juice and coconut cream. If you prefer, you can serve them with dairy-free cream or ice cream.
This is my family’s favorite brownie recipe, although I love my cakey brownies too!
Ingredients
- 12 dates
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Pitted cherries for decoration (raw or canned)
- 1 tablespoon hazelnut butter - optional
- Vanilla extract – optional
For the sauce
- 2 parts cherry juice
- 1 part coconut cream
- Sweetener of your choice - optional
Instructions
- Presoak your dates in hot water for half an hour or until they are soft and you can mash them with a fork.
- Pit your cherries and preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Mash the dates and mix them with the pumpkin puree. Add cocoa powder, vanilla extract, hazelnut butter and eggs, and mix everything together.
- Add the flour and baking soda and mix until everything is well combined. The batter will be quite thick.
- Transfer the mixture onto a baking tray covered with baking paper and decorate with cherries.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes. Check the brownie with a toothpick: if the toothpick turns out clean, it’s ready.
- Let it cut down and cut the brownies. I decided to use a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Serve with cherry sauce, coconut cream or ice cream.
- Enjoy!
More Valentine’s Day Desserts
- Valentine’s Day Raw Vegan Hearts
- Raw Vegan Marble Chocolates
- Vegan Baked Apple Roses
- Crunchy Chocolate Fudge Hearts
- Melt-In-Your-Mouth Vegan White Chocolate Cranberry Hearts
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These look absolutely delicious and very moist. I love the idea of using the pumpkin too.
Thank you so much, Amanda! 🙂
Amazing! These look beyond tasty. Not sure what beyond tasty is, but these are there!!!!
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙂
These look scrumptious! And they’re so cute!
Thank you so much, Lisa! 🙂
These look absolutely beautiful Ellie! And they sounds so wholesome. I will love making these for my husband ?
Thank you so much, Gabby! I hope he’ll like them! 🙂