Maple Pecan Blondies | Grain Free, Vegan
Before I get to the recipe, let me apologize to my faithful readers for being very sporadic in posting for the last year. I just happened to glance at my blog list and realized that in the last year, I have posted exactly four times. This is not acceptable and while there isn’t a great excuse, I do want to explain what happened in one brief phrase: 2018 was a very traumatic year personally. That said, at the beginning of this year, I decided that 2019 would be my year of recovery and restoration to overcome the hijacking of what was supposed to be a monumental birthday year for me. (Let’s just say it was a decade birthday and leave it at that, Um-kay?)
So…as of March 1, I have decided to transition from having a location dependent business of being a health-driven private chef to establishing myself as a wellness and healthy cooking coach and take my business primarily online. That means you will be seeing a lot more of me and on a much more regular basis.
What does this have to do with Maple Pecan Blondies?
Well, nothing, but I knew I needed to make amends and I also want you to know that there are lots of good things to come:
- Weekly Posts first and foremost to give you lots of tips, techniques and other fun things related to living a healthy lifestyle.
- More Recipes, both sweet and savory. (Although I’ve been on a baking bender, so be prepared for several grain free and vegan baked goods!)
- Webinars and other resources to help you get healthy real food on the table quickly and within a real life budget
- A broader perspective on health and wellness. I have learned that while food is a starting point, once you’ve changed your diet, you will want to clean up other elements of your life as well.
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Maple Pecan Blondies | Grain Free, Vegan
Ingredients
1 cup pecans
1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seeds mixed with 2.5 tbsp water)
or 1 egg
1 cup almond butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
Directions
- Toast the pecans in a 350 degree oven until you can smell a toasty pecan fragrance. Set aside to cool.
- Make the flax egg and set aside to thicken (if using a real egg, simply mix it in with remaining ingredients.)
- Mix together egg (flax or real), almond butter, maple, vanilla, sea salt and baking soda.
- Fold in toasted pecans.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Let stand for at least 30 minutes before cutting into squares.