Chocolate Brownies with Buttercream Frosting

After church yesterday we went over to our friend’s house to continue celebrating Easter. It was my job to bring dessert, and I wanted to be super creative and come up with something fun looking for the kids, but knowing I was already feeling stressed, my loving hubby encouraged me to just stick with something easy.

So, that’s what I did! 🙂 I started by using agave for the brownies since it is even lower on the glycemic index, but I decided I didn’t prefer it, so I ended up using honey instead. Next time, I wouldn’t use any agave at all, and I could probably get away without adding much more honey.

I was SO happy with how the buttercream frosting came out! I have tried making a low-glycemic version before, and the consistency has never been quite right. The taste and texture of this was perfect! Loved it!

• Servings: 8-12
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*Created by Lori at Creating Beauty in the Kitchen

(Buttercream Frosting adapted from Sensitive Economist)

For Brownies:

• 3 cups almond flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 2 tbsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp cocoa
• 1 cup honey
• 2/3 cup agave

For Buttercream:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups honey
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp almond extract
• 3 tbsp almond milk

For Brownies:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients, except the egg. When it is thoroughly mixed, add the egg and continue to mix.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients. When mixed, add in the wet ones, stirring well.
• Use a bit of coconut oil or butter to grease a pizza pan (I used a 14″ deep dish one ) or a large baking dish, and then spread the dough evenly…all the way to the edges. Make it all as flat as possible so that it will cook evenly.
• Now it is ready to go in the oven. Cook for about 25 minutes. (I cooked longer and they came out harder than I liked.)
• When it is cooked, take out and let cool.

For Buttercream:

• With a hand held mixer or standing mixer, combine all the ingredients. Blend until mixed well and the consistency is right.
• After the brownie pizza/cake has cooled then frost it.
• Grate a piece of dark chocolate to add shavings to the top of your brownies.