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Nutrition: per brownie

  • kcal296
  • fat15g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs36g
  • sugars27g
  • fibre3g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.2g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 31⁄2. Grease and line a 20cm square tin with baking parchment. Combine the flaxseed with 6 tbsp water and set aside for at least 5 mins.

  • step 2

    In a saucepan, melt the chocolate, coffee and margarine with 60ml water on a low heat. Allow to cool slightly.

  • step 3

    Put the flour, almonds, cocoa, baking powder and 1⁄4 tsp salt in a bowl and stir to remove any lumps. Using a hand whisk, mix the sugar into the melted chocolate mixture, and beat well until smooth and glossy, ensuring all the sugar is well dissolved. Stir in the flaxseed mixture and vanilla extract, the cherries and then the flour mixture. It will now be very thick. Stir until combined and spoon into the prepared tin. Bake for 35-45 mins until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean with moist crumbs. Allow to cool in the tin completely, then cut into squares. Store in an airtight container and eat within 3 days.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2014

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Overall rating

A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.66 ratings

lucylovecakes

By far the best vegan brownie recipe I have tried! They are the perfect 'brownie' texture - a bit chewy with crisp edges. I used Flora as the margarine. I did put them in the fridge overnight before cutting them up. They freeze well and are delicious warm, with some plant based ice cream.

lusmith1303Nn5WOMNh

These went so badly for me.... super sticky and difficult to cut. Not sure what I've done wrong

Liverbird1964

Was making this as a gift for a Vegan friend. Thank goodness I realized dark chocolate has MILK in it. You need to update the ingredients list to say vegan chocolate

Honeygran

Look for 80% + cocoa solids. These are usually vegan. Some say “May contain traces of milk and nuts” so this depends on how strict the vegan is.

Davison.heather@gmail.com

question

i keep seeing flaxseed in diary free recipes. I'm not sure that this is freely available here in Spain. is there an alternative?

estef_ania

FlaxSeed is called semillas de lino. I've bought them milled before, good luck.

mynewshed

I made this according to the recipe and it was a very very thick mixture, it didn't flow at all and has not held together on baking. The taste is good but it crumbles to pieces. If anyone has any idea why this happened please comment. Very disappointed after reading all the good reviews.

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