Low-Carb Brownies

Ingredients

• 100 g soft butter (+ a little for the pan)
• 60 ml maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 200 g almond flour
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder (strongly defatted)
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 4 tbsp Milk (3.5% fat)
• 100 g dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao content)
• 200 g apricots

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract and eggs in a bowl until frothy.

2. 2.

   Mix almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Melt dark chocolate over a water bath or in the microwave.

3. 3.

   Alternately combine dry ingredients with liquid ingredients, milk and melted chocolate to form a smooth batter. Pour batter into a greased pan. Wash apricots and pat dry. Halve them, remove pits and quarter each piece. Distribute apricots on top of the batter and bake low-carb brownies in a preheated oven at 180 °C (convection 160 °C; gas level 3) for 20 minutes.