Healthy Raspberry Lemon Blondie Wedges with Pink Frosting
Ingredients
Blondies:
- 1 cup Fresh Raspberry Puree *
- ½ cup Beet Puree (I drained then pureed one 15oz can of sliced beets)
- 96g (½ cup) Granulated Erythritol (or dry sweetener of choice)
- 28g (2 tbs) Coconut Oil (melted)
- 1 tbs Lemon Zest
- ¾ tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 160g (1 cup) Brown Rice Flour
- 120g (1 cup) Oat Flour
- ¾ tsp Xanthan Gum
- ½ tsp Double-Acting Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
Frosting Option #1: Beet Frosting
- 1 tbs Beet Puree
- 2-4 tsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Beet Juice (reserved from the canned beets)
- 120g (1 cup) Powdered Erythritol
Frosting Option #2: Raspberry Frosting
- 130g (~1 cup) Powdered Erythritol
- ¼ cup Fresh Raspberry Puree
- 6 tsp Freeze-Dried Raspberry Powder (grind freeze-dried raspberries in food processor)
Instructions
For the Blondies:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 9" cake pan (or 9" brownie pan) with oil, set aside.
- Rinse the raspberries and puree in a blender until smooth. Measure 1 cup and add to a large mixing bowl.
- Puree the beets (no need to wash the blender) and measure 1/2 cup (this was about half of a 15oz can of beets for me) and pour into the raspberry puree.
- Whisk the erythritol, oil, zest and stevia into the raspberry/beet puree.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the brown rice flour, oat flour, xanthan gum, baking powder and salt. Dump into the wet ingredients and fold together (dough should be thick and sticky like pink frosting).
- Scoop batter into the prepared pan and spread to the edges. Bake for ~41 minutes, or until the edges pull away from the sides.
- Let blondies cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then flip over onto a wire cooling rack.
For the Frosting:
- Mix all the ingredients together and spread onto blondies. Refrigerate for 10 minutes then slice.
Recipe Notes
*I used about 90% of a 12oz package of raspberries to make a little more than 1 cup of puree. Feel free to strain the seeds from the puree if they are bothersome to you or those you are serving. I didn't have a fine-mesh strainer on hand, but I really skipped this step because I have no patience.
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Raspberry Lemon Blondie Wedges with Pink Frosting
Amount Per Serving (1 slice with frosting)
Calories 190
Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Sodium 180mg8%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin C 1.7mg2%
Calcium 100mg10%
Iron 1.1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.