Gluten-free and dairy-free peanut butter
brownies
Ingredients
1 tsp vegetable oil, for greasing
500g/1lb 2oz dairy-free chocolate, broken into pieces
3 large free-range eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
165g/5¾oz good-quality crunchy peanut butter (see tip)
180g/6oz ground almonds
Recipe tips
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm/8in square tin with the
oil and line with baking paper.
2. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of gently simmering
water.
3. Beat the eggs in a small bowl. Add the eggs to the melted chocolate along with the
vanilla extract and half the peanut butter. Mix together well.
4. Add the ground almonds to the mixture and stir in gently.
5. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Drop spoonfuls of the
remaining peanut butter over the top, creating swirls across the top of the mixture.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until cracks appear on the surface.
7. Leave to cool in in the tin. Remove, cut into 9 brownie squares and serve.