while i couldn't talk to you, i invented a new recipe

so
it has been happy happy blood time
and i needed chocolate
so i decided to make brownies

now
i'm not sure i've ever made them from scratch
i sort think i used box mix
and i've probably made em like three times
and i couldn't look up any recipes

so, of course i decided to make em vegan too
they came out great
not super rich
i mean they were kinda healthy
but i really liked em

i used a pretty fair amount of coconut oil
and light smart balance
melted in a pot
then i mixed in sugar and cocoa powder
and madagascar vanilla
then i mixed in most of a deschuttes black butte porter
and reduced a little
added 2T ground coffee
then i put in a bunch of raisins
after the raisins had had a chance to get warm and absorb-y
i took it off the heat and let it cool a little

i put about 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup hulled hemp seed
3/4t baking powder
2t baking soda
and a healthy dollop of apple cider vinegar [1/3 cup maybe]

i put the chocolate raisin mixture in the food processor
with 3T ground chia
and processed until smooth
then i folded it into the flour mixture

spooned it into the baking squares pan
and baked for 35 min at 350

chocolate brownies are often too rich for me
there's a lot of food that's too rich for me
so i don't know if these would be delicious for you
especially in like a side by side taster test
but they were deep and moist and chocolate-y and sweet

and i had no real expectations that they would be edible