This recipe is gluten free and can be made dairy free by using vegan or dairy free chocolate chips. These brownies are ooey-gooey and delicious and you will never know that there is oat flour hiding in there!!

ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
1/2 cup coconut oil (melted)
2 eggs (room temperature)
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup dark sweet cherries (with a little juice from the can!)
1/3 cup dark cocoa powder
1/2 cup oat flour**
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (to sprinkle on top or mix in)

directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line an 8x8 inch square pan with parchment paper OR you can oil and lightly dust the pan with flour
Melt the coconut oil in a medium, microwave-safe bowl
Add sugar, eggs, vanilla and cherries to the melted coconut oil and mix well to combine
Add cocoa powder, oat flour, baking powder, salt and walnuts to the mixture and mix until JUST COMBINED (do not over-mix)
Pour the batter in the brownie pan and sprinkle with chocolate chips
Bake the brownies for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out (almost) clean- a few crumbs are ok! We want these to be chewy and not over-baked :)

**To make oat flour, add 1/2 cup gluten free, rolled oats to a food processor or blender and pulse until it has been finely ground. Sometimes you may need a tad more oats to yield the same amount of oat flour!