Healthy Black Bean Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (15 ounce) cans no-salt-added black beans, drained
2 1/2 cups ripe bananas
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups pitted chopped dates, or more to taste
1 1/3 cups oat flour
1 cup cocoa powder
2 tablespoons ground flax seed
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups chopped walnuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Blend black beans in a blender until smooth. Add bananas and vanilla extract; blend until smooth. Gradually add dates, a few at a time, and blend until evenly incorporated.
Whisk oat flour, cocoa powder, flax seed, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Beat bean mixture into flour mixture on low to medium speed until batter is well blended; fold in walnuts. Spoon batter into prepared baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges of brownies begin to pull away from sides of dish, about 50 minutes.