Easy Vegan Red Velvet Brownies
Ingredients
Easy Vegan Red Velvet Brownies
- 2 flax eggs or 1 regular egg
- ½ cup melted vegan butter
- 1 cup sugar or ½ cup purecane sugar-free substitute
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond or oat milk
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- red food coloring - start with 2 teaspoon and work up from there
- ½ cup vegan chocolate chips
- 1 cup regular or gluten free all purpose flour If gluten-free, I recommend King Arthur Measure for Measure gluten-free flour. Please don't substitute any other flour such as almond flour, baking flour, etc.
Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
- ¾ cup powdered sugar or purecane powdered sugar substitute
- 2 tablespoon vegan cream cheese
- 2 tablespoon softened vegan butter
- pink and red sprinkles
Instructions
Easy Vegan Red Velvet Brownies
- Preheat the oven to 375. Prepare the flax eggs by mixing 2 tablespoon of flax seed meal with 4 tablespoon hot water. Set aside for 2 minutes until a gel forms.
- Use a fork to mix the flax seed meal with the melted vegan butter, sugar (or purecane), almond milk, baking powder, vanilla, and cocoa powder. Add the red food coloring, starting with 2 teaspoon and adding more to reach desired red color. Add a pinch of salt if and mix in the flour. Fold in the vegan chocolate chips and transfer the batter into a greased 9x11 ceramic baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until the brownies are browned around the edges.
- While the brownies are baking, use an electric hand mixer to mix the powdered sugar, vegan cream cheese, and vegan butter. Allow the brownies to cool before slicing them into about 16 brownies, and frosting them (adds about 44 calories each with regular powdered sugar or 20 calories each if using purecane powdered sugar substitute). Serve topped with sprinkles.
- If using purecane in the brownie batter will result in brownies that are around 100 calories each (if making 16) - unfrosted. If
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 162kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 2gFat: 8g
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brevsbread says
Hello! I was just wondering if the nutrition facts for this are for the recipe with sugar or for the recipe with the sugar substitute?
Jillian says
Hi there! Great question! I have updated the notes in this recipe to reflect the calorie amounts when using regular sugar versus the sugar substitute.