Who doesn’t love brownies? No one, that’s who! I admit I get a hankering for a nice creamy piece of brownie every once in a while. But to keep things interesting, I like to experiment a bit with my classic brownie recipe.
I love most citruses but oranges take the crown. They are a wonderful fruit, so refreshing and delicious! And I love the color they give to my orange desserts.
I first saw this recipe for orange brownies on Pinterest and I immediately decided I need to try something like this. I based my recipe on the one I found here, I just changed it up a little bit to be a bit more whole food.
I call these brownies “orangies”. They are perfect as a light refreshing dessert that won’t weigh you down like regular heavy chocolate brownies do. I might be getting biased but I found that ever since I began my journey to better eating habits, I don’t crave chocolate as much as before. I now prefer my desserts to be more fruity rather than chocolate-y. I feel like fruit, especially organic fruit, has all the sweetness I need to satisfy my cravings.
The orange brownies taste great when still warm but interestingly, they seem to get better the longer they sit. I think it’s because by then, the honey syrup has completely absorbed into the cake. So don’t eat it all at once on the first day! Save a few pieces for later and tell me which tasted better.
Necessary equipment:
- a large mixing bowl
- a hand mixer
- a rubber scraper
- a large baking dish
- a medium mixing bowl
- a wooden spoon
- a cooling rack
- a skewer OR a fork
- a cooling rack
Ingredients:
the batter:
- ¼ cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 T. of orange zest
- 2 cups of sprouted flour OR freshly ground flour (how to make sprouted flour)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of softened butter (how to make butter) OR 1 cup of coconut oil OR 1 cup of palm oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup of raw honey
- 1 t. of sea salt
the glaze:
- 3/4 cup of raw honey
- 2 T. of freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 T. of orange zest
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your baking dish by buttering it and set aside for now.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour and sea salt together.
- Add in the butter, eggs, honey, orange juice, and orange zest.
- Use a hand mixer to combine all the ingredients until you get a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into your buttered baking dish.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the middle is set but still slightly wet.
- In the meantime, prepare the honey glaze. Combine the honey with orange juice and orange zest in a medium mixing bowl using a wooden spoon.
- Once ready, remove the brownies from the oven and place on a cooling rack.
- Poke holes in the top of the cake using a skewer or a fork.
- Immediately pour the glaze on top of the cake. It will fill the holes you just created and give the brownie surface a nice glossy finish.
- Leave to cool for at least 30 minutes.
- Cut into squares and enjoy!