Living Rawesome Day #18 Warm Fudge Brownie pg. 128 everyday raw
I was excited to make this. I saw this recipe the other day and have been living to make it. This brownie looks so scrumptious and gooey and yummy in the book. I decided to put the cashews in the food processor like I have been doing for all of the recipes. I just stated last night that I feel like the food processor is the best for the grinding of the flour. Well, apparantly I was wrong. This recipe turned out to be a complete disaster. I know your probably wondering how could the words disaster and dessert go in the same sentence but, yes they can. The cashews looked like they were ground up enough for the flour. I ground them up a cup at a time then put them in the bowl to be mixed with all the other ingredients. When I put the cacao powder in I could tell there was going to be a problem. The cashew flour was not as fine as the cacao powder. I went ahead and completed the recipe according to the directions. It came out too watery. The directions say to press the batter into a plastic lined 9 x 13 pan, there was no way I would have to press it in the pan. It was too runny. I could’ve just poured it in. I’m sure it would take days for that consistency to dry. I’m assuming that it is because the cashew flour was not fine enough for the batter. I decided to grind some more cashew flour. I put another cup of cashews into the vitamix this time. The flour came out finer than in the food processor. After I added the extra cup of cashew flour, the cacao flavor didn’t taste as strong.
We wanted the kids to try the batter, but Sebastian refused and put up a huge fight about it. Jason ended up sending him to bed. I didn’t need for him to try it that bad. UUhhhhggg. I’m ready for bed. I thought Sabby would like them most of all because he loves chocolate. Maybe when the brownies are done, he will try them. Hopefully the terrible energy from all of us is not still in the brownies:( Well this recipe making experience turned out to be something I didn’t expect. I know that a good book and some Lavender tea will help me:) I am reading The Space of Love by Vladimir Megre’. It is one of the books from the Ringing Cedars Series. I love these books.
The brownies should be done by tomorrow night according to the directions but I am guessing they won’t be done until Friday. I am almost out of room in the dehydrator. My tartlets are still drying and my vanilla-almond macaroons are still dehydrating too. They are good though. We have been eating those. They are so yummy right out of the dehydrator.
Recipe
4 1/2 cups fine cashew flour
3 cups cocoa powder
1 1/2 t sea salt
1/2 t cinnamon
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup agave
1 1/2 cups water
3/4 t vanilla extract
Dehydrate in a 9 x 13 inch plastic lined pan. Press into pan in an even layer. Dehydrate in bottom of dehydrator overnight. Flip onto cutting board and trim edges. Place on screens; dehydrate 4-6 hours. Serve with your fave raw ice cream.
Wrapped individually or in an airtight container in a cool place this recipe should last for about 3 weeks.
*This recipe is for the ones who are daring enough to try to make it. If you do please let me know about your success. I wish you the best of it. I hope your experience is more enjoyable. I hope that some ice cream will make this the best dessert I have ever made.