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Try this healthy, organic Black Bean Brownies recipe at home!

Ingredients (makes 12 cookies) ½ cup tahini ¼ cup agave 1 ripe banana, mashed 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups oats ¼ cup sun butter 2 tablespoons chocolate chips Small pinch of salt 2 tablespoons chia seeds Instructions Preheat oven to 350. Mix the tahini, agave, sun butter, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Mix in dry ingredients. If mix isn’t sticking together add more tahini Scoop mixture onto baking sheet and gently press them down. Bake for about 10 min

Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup cold buttermilk ½ cup butter, melted and cooled ¾ cup shredded cheddar ¾ cup chopped apples Directions: Preheat oven to 475. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt. Set aside In a medium bowl, combine cold buttermilk and the slightly cooled butter. Stir with a spatula until combined and small clump

Ingredients: ¾ cup shredded zucchini ¾ cup shredded apples ¾ cup applesauce 2 eggs ⅓ cup maple syrup ¼ cup + 1 tbsp melted coconut oil ½ cup Greek yogurt 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1¾ cups + 1 tbsp flour Directions: Preheat the oven to 375°F and prepare a muffin pan with liners or nonstick spray. Place the shredded zucchini and apples in a strainer. Press down to remove as much liquid as possible. Transfer the zucchini and ap

Ingredients 1 ripe pear, diced 1 cup oats 1 tbsp maple syrup 2 cups milk of choice ¾ tbsp (2 ¼ tsp) salted butter ¾ tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp cinnamon, divided Steps In a medium size pot, add oats, milk cinnamon, syrup, and vanilla extract. Place the pot on medium heat and stir to combine Let cook on low/medium, stirring occasionally In separate pot, let butter melt over medium heat. Once the butter has melted, add the pears and 1 tsp cinnamon. Let cook for 3 minutes or until

Ingredients 1 ½ cups flour ¾ sticks butter, cut into cubes ¾ T baking powder ¾ t sugar ⅔-¾ cup milk (start with 2/3 and add more as needed) ½ T. cinnamon ¾ cup apple (about 1 medium) peeled and chopped Steps Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl mix dry ingredients together and cut in butter. In a smaller bowl whisk together all wet ingredients. Coat chopped apples in cinnamon. Add wet ingredients into dry until fully combined. Fold in apples. Drop mixture onto a s

Ingredients 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¼ cup butter, softened ¼ cup Greek yogurt ¼ cup sugar 1 ½ cup ricotta cheese,...