So the last time we were at Costco I told Chris I HAD to have the party sized box of pre-steamed baby beets. He told me it was an impulse purchase. I told him he was wrong. I’d eat all the beets in my lunches.
Um, that’s a lot of beets. After going through a couple of packs I was beeted out.
So I did what any normal internet-loving lady would do. I turned them into dessert.
Beet Brownies
Recipe from here.
- 6-8ish pre-steamed baby beets (or real beets that you cook 1st)
- ¾ cup honey
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8×8 pan (I use olive oil in my mister). Mix everything up in a food processor.
Pour into the pan (lick the bowl too till its spotless because the batter is amazing). Bake for 45 minutes.
Let cool. Eat.
Update – I tossed the extra brownies in the freezer (to prevent myself from scarfing them all at once) and turns out they are amazing frozen! They taste sort of like a spicy cinnamon fudgesicle.
The batter looks like red velvet cake! I’m not a huge fan of beets though – could you taste the beets at all in the brownies?
I don’t think they tasted like beets. More chocolate/spice/cinnamon.
Well that sounds pretty delicious to me then :)
I am totally trying these!
They’re great. And so easy. I also tossed the extra’s in the freezer and took one out last night and they’re like some sort of delicious spicy fudgesicle.
This would be a really awesome & sneaky way to get my veggie-hating boyfriend to eat some vegetables!! haha
Good luck! My husband said no way haha
They look delicious and I think I may have a bunch of beets I need to do something with. I have a ‘veggie-hating’ hubby, and he really liked some eggplant bread I made, so I am sure he would like these as well. I will be trying this recipe out. :-)
Wow – these look delicious! I really want to try these. I love beets but I’ve never personally cooked with them before :)
Beets are my fave. So easy to cook or you can get the pre-steamed ones from TJs or Costco.