Vegan Salted Caramel Blondies
These Salted Caramel Blondies are vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free. Requiring only one bowl, these blondies will be ready in about 45 minutes
Servings: 12 blondies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup flaxseed meal mixed with ¾ cup water
- 1 cup coconut flour
- ¾ cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 ½ cup coconut sugar
- ⅔ cup chocolate chips
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup chocolate chips
- coarse salt (large grain sea salt or Celtic sea salt)
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Either grease an 8x8 baking pan or line with parchment paper. Set aside while you make the blondie batter
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flaxseed meal with the water and allow to sit for ten minutes. The flaxseed mealw ill start to become thick and gelantinous
- Once the flaxseed meal has thicken, add the coconut flour, coconut oil, coconut sugar, ⅔ cup chocolate chips, baking soda, vanilla extract, and the salt to the bowl and mix well. Pour into the 8x8 pan and spread out into an even layer. Sprinkle the blondies with the coarse salt. Place in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until the edges and the top of the blondies are golden brown
- Once baked, remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool. While cooling, combine the maple syrup and almond butter in a small saucepan and heat on the stove. Allow the caramel to come to a boil and allow to slowly boil for about five minutes. The caramel will start to become thick. Don't be alarmed if the caramel starts to stick to the pot of the pan. It is normal. Once thicken slightly, drizzle over the blondies. Melt the ¼ cup of chocolate chips and drizzle over top of the blondies as well. Cut into 9-12 bars and enjoy!