Hass - Ta La Vista Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 hass avocado, peeled and diced
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 3 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
• 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/4 cup glutinous-rice flour or 1/4 cup sweet rice flour
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1/4 cup tart cherry juice concentrate
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons dried cherries, soaked in kirsch and drained
• 1 hass avocado, peeled and diced
• 1 tablespoon agave nectar
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons shredded coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f, line and grease grease a 9" square pan.
• 2 in a large bowl beat together avocado pulp, salt, brown sugar, vanilla and vinegar.
• 3 stir in melted chocolate until well combined.
• 4 add flours and cocoa powder, stirring gently, then add coconut milk, cherry concentrate and water and mix well.
• 5 fold in dried cherries.
• 6 bake 20 minutes.
• 7 cool completely in the pan, then chill overnight before frosting.
• 8 frosting:.
• 9 combine avocado, agave, sugar, cocoa and coconut milk in a food processor and whip until smooth.
• 10 spread on chilled brownies and sprinkle with coconut.
• 11 chill completely before cutting.