1/4cupEarth Balance margarine, grape seed oil, or butter
1fresh habañero (add 1 or 2 more for spicier!)
1tsporange zest
2Tbsporange juice (from zested orange)
4eggs or the equivolent using egg replacer and water
1/2tspbaking soda
2 1/2cupsalmond flour
1cupwalnuts
CHOOSE ONLY ONE!!! Brownie sweetener (4 options)
10packetsyour favorite low-cal sweetener (like stevia)for a LOW SUGAR option OR
1cupagave syrupfor a LOWER GLYCEMIC option OR
1cupmaple syrupfor a LOWER FODMAP option OR
1 1/2cupssugar, plus 1/2 cup additional butterfor the SWEET and RICH option
Icing Ingredients:
2TbspCream Cheese or dairy-free cream cheese substitute (like Tofutti "Better Than Cream Cheese")
3TbspEarth Balance or butter
1 1/2tsporange zest
1tspHatch Chili or ground smoked chipotle pepper or other hot chili powder (More for spicier.)
3tspcinnamon (I prefer Vietnamese)
4packetsfavorite powdered sweetener or enough powdered sugar to make it sweet and creamy
Instructions
Brownie Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F; grease one 8x8" baking pan.
Melt chocolate and butter at low heat. Stir to avoid burning.
Very finely dice habañero pepper and add it to chocolate mixture. Also add orange zest and juice. Set aside.
Combine sweetener (your choice of stevia or agave or maple syrup or sugar) and eggs or egg substitute. If using regular sugar add the extra butter/oil now as well. Blend until smooth.
Add baking soda and almond flour to the egg mixture and mix until incorporated.
Add chocolate mixture to the batter and mix well.
Fold in walnuts.
Pour batter into baking pan. If it's thick, pat it flat. Bake for about 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into brownie comes out clean. While cooking, make frosting.
Frosting Instructions:
Mix all ingredients until nice and soft, but not liquified. Taste test. Add more Stevia or powdered sugar until sweet enough for you. Add more chili pepper until as hot as you'd like.
Assembly Instructions:
When brownies are done, remove the pan from the oven and let cool.
When cool enough to not melt the frosting, frost the top.
Devour. I'm currently on my second piece. That was a tasty breakfast.