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Not blondies, not brownies but GREENIES! I love love love matcha and I have a bunch right now so I’ve been trying to come up with some healthy-ish desserts to use it. I found a recipe for some super healthy matcha blondies but they had all these ingredients that I didn’t have/ didn’t want to buy so I substituted and simplified and cut out a lot of sweetener. Matcha isn’t sweet at all, actually it’s kind of grassy but I like to taste that flavor and not overpower it with excess sugar.

These came out a bit crumbly but very tasty and they’re healthy!

{makes 9}

1 cup almond meal
1/2 cup coconut flour
4 tsp matcha
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp stevia
1/3 cup toasted coconut milk -or just regular coconut milk
1/4 cup coconut butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 container apple sauce (about 3/4 cup)

pre-heat oven to 350º F and line a 9″ 9″ baking pan (you can use smaller if you want them to be thicker, you could also do it in muffin tins just adjust the cooking time)
in a large bowl mix together almond meal, coconut flour, matcha, baking powder, salt and stevia
in another bowl, stir together coconut milk, melted coconut butter, melted coconut oil, the vanilla extract and the apple sauce to your best ability
then pour the wet mixture over the dry mixture and incorporate thoroughly
then spread it into the pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick in the middle comes out clean and the edges are starting to brown and you’ve got some greenies!

I don’t know when I discovered matcha but I’ve been hooked ever since. When I visited my cousin in Vienna last summer, there was a traditional Japanese tea house that specialized in matcha. They would make each drink by hand with a whisk in a delicate little china bowl. It was always the same three women working, wearing beautiful silk and you could watch them, expertly whipping up the frothiest, creamiest matcha lattes I’ve ever seen. My mom made matcha shortbread cookies for Christmas for a couple years and they were delicious. Recently I saw this Food & Wine article about all the things you could do with matcha and it’s been on my mind ever since. Luckily, my mom’s friend owns a specialty tea company that carries some incredible matcha powder and she shared some with me for experimentation. This is my version of the Food & Wine pound cake recipe. I used coconut oil, coconut milk and coconut sugar to make it a little healthier and give it a coconutty twist. It is very dense, I’d recommend enjoying it with tea, white wine or a hoppy beer.

2 cups flour
1 tsp kosher salt
2 tbsp matcha powder
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup coconut sugar
3 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup coconut milk

glaze:

1/2 cup powdered sugar
5 tsp coconut milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
shredded coconut (for sprinkling)
1 tsp cardamom (optional)
2 tsp orange zest

preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper
in a small bowl whisk together the flour, salt and matcha powder and set aside
melt the butter and coconut oil then beat in the sugar, don’t worry if it doesn’t completely emulsify, it will when you add it to the dry ingredients
add the eggs one at a time and the vanilla extract, beating after each addition
beat in the dry ingredients and the milk in a few additions; scrape down the bowl as necessary
pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes
to make the glaze, pour milk into a small bowl and slowly whisk in powdered sugar as needed, until it is a glaze consistency, add orange zest, cardamom and vanilla extract. Pour the glaze over the warm cake and sprinkle the coconut on top

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