Raw Vegan Chocolate Brownies – Maria Middlestead

Ingredients

• 1 cup lightly packed, pitted dried dates
• 1 cup walnuts, or use ½ hazelnuts ½ walnuts
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• ¼ cup water
• 1 ripe medium avocado (use a perfect specimen with no dark flesh or stringy fibres)
• 5 Tbsp (1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp) mild honey, maple syrup or agave nectar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract*
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• ¼ tsp cinnamon