These easy-to-make chocolate chip pumpkin blondies are seasonal, vegan, nutritious, grain-free, and delicious!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Dessert or Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16blondies
Ingredients
1/4cupalmond butter- or any other creamy nut butter or seed butter or replacer -- though see note about sunflower seed butter!
1/4cuptahini- ditto
1/4cupcanola oil- I recommend organic
1/3cupcoconut sugar- or regular sugar; see note about how much to use
1/2cuppumpkin puree- either homemade or canned - look for plain pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling
1teaspoonvanilla extract
3/4cupalmond flour- my current pick is from nuts.com
3tablespoonscoconut flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
2/3teaspooncinnamon
1/8teaspoonnutmeg
1/3 to 1/2cupchocolate chips- I like Equal Exchange bittersweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
If you have an 8x8 inch silicone pan, you can mix the ingredients right in it - stir the ingredients gently with a sturdy fork or spoon, being careful not to pierce the silicone. Otherwise, add oil and maybe parchment paper to an 8x8 inch "brownie" type of pan.
Stir all ingredients together, either in a silicone pan, or in a mixing bowl. Check for patches of unmixed ingredients and stir again.
Spread the mixture evenly in your baking pan.
Bake for 20 minutes. I like to check for doneness with a thermometer: the temperature of the blondies should be at least 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
Let cool, then cut into 16 or 25 squares. Store in the refrigerator. They firm up more -- and are easier to cut -- once they are cool.
Notes
I love baking in sturdy silicone pans -- the kind that stand up on their own and don't flop around. You can mix the ingredients right in the pan to save on dishwashing.Sunbutter reacts with baking soda and turns green, so if you use it in this recipe you are likely to make green blondies! There are times when this is fun, and times when it is not, so choose accordingly!For the sweetener, you can go up to 1/2 cup for sweeter blondies, or reduce it down much lower. I've even entirely left it out for unsweetened blondies, which are a bit of an acquired taste but still good. You can replace the coconut sugar with regular sugar or other sugar.The dough for this recipe should be safe to eat raw. It has no raw eggs, and no raw flours of the kind that need to be cooked before eating.