Vegan Gingerbread Christmas Brownies
Gooey, cute and indulgent, these vegan gingerbread brownies are Christmas spiced and feature the most delicious gingerbread!
Servings: 16
Calories: 328kcal
Equipment
- Glass bowl
- Baking parchment
Ingredients
For the Gingerbread Brownies
- 125 g brown sugar
- 50 g cocoa / cacao powder
- 180 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon ground ginger (or other gingerbread spices e.g mixed spice, cinnamon)
- 200 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 100 ml sunflower/rapeseed oil or melted coconut oil
- 200 ml vegan (non-dairy) milk
- 3 tablespoon milled linseed / flaxseed mixed with 9 tablespoon water - this makes 3 linseed eggs
- 150 g vegan chocolate chunks / chips
- 10 approx vegan gingerbread biscuits broken into halves or quarters, use our Gingerbread People recipe or buy
To Decorate (optional)
- 50 g vegan butter
- 150 g icing / powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup / agave
- Extra vegan gingerbread people / pieces of gingerbread use our Gingerbread People recipe or buy
Instructions
For the Gingerbread Brownies
- Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / Gas Mark 6 and line a baking tin.
- Combine sugar, cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and ground ginger in a mixing bowl.
- Get your linseed / flaxseed egg ready (by combining the milled linseed with the water).
- Take the 200g / 1⅓ cups of vegan chocolate, and melt over a bowl of hot water or in the microwave.
- Once the chocolate has melted, take off the heat and let cool for a few minutes.
- Mix the oil and plant milk together in a jug. Slowly add them, bit by bit, to the melted chocolate, stirring in as you do so.
- Mix the linseed/flaxseed egg, and the chocolate mixture, into the flour mix.
- Mix together to make a smooth batter.
- Mix in the chocolate chips / chocolate chunks.
- Carefully add and mix in the pieces of gingerbread biscuit.
- Pour the mixture into your lined brownie tin, and smooth the top down.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer emerges clean.
- Once done, let the brownies cool in the tin. Then remove from the tin, cut up and decorate (optional).
To Decorate (optional)
- Make the buttercream icing by whipping together the vegan butter, icing / powdered sugar and maple syrup. Whip until creamy.
- Put a dollop of the whipped mixture on each brownie and stick a gingerbread person / piece of gingerbread to it.
- Enjoy with loved ones (or just for yourself!!).
Nutrition
Calories: 328kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 3mg