Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is just around the corner and what better way to welcome the New Year but with sweetness? In the Jewish religion, we tend to celebrate holidays and life cycles surrounded by food. For Rosh Hashanah, typically we eat apples with honey to symbolize our hopes and wishes for a sweet and healthy new year for loved ones and ourselves. So when life calls for celebration and indulgence, it’s important to do so with real ingredients.
Holidays shouldn’t be an excuse to binge on the “bad stuff”. What’s the fun in that if you are going to spend the next week (or more) fighting your sugar cravings back under the rug?
Ingredients:
2 cups almond flour
½ cup rolled oats, blended to flour consistency
¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons ground flax seeds
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup cocoa powder
½ cup water
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup agave nectar
½ cup brown rice syrup
½ of a 3.5 oz dark chocolate bar (I like Green & Black 70% dark chocolate), chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease 8’’ x 8’’ pan
Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl, except for chopped dark chocolate
Combine wet ingredients in separate mixing bowl
Combine bowls and use electric hand mixer to blend thoroughly
Hand stir in chocolate chunks
Pour into greased pan and bake until cooked – approximately 45 minutes
Allow to cool completely and place in refrigerator to solidify
Enjoy your creamy, fudgy dessert!