The healthiest most expensive brownies.

Monday is the birthday of a lady I work with and since we don't have work Monday and she won't be there Friday we are celebrating tomorrow. We work in a gym so we shouldn't really bring in things that are delicious I MEAN unhealthy. I was going back and forth between two recipes. One was for Coconut-Almond- Banana Muffin's my friend Lindsay shared with me and the other was brownies. I decided that I would go with the brownies. The recipe I found was online and seemed pretty simple to make. Here's the recipe:

• 1 Egg (caged-free and organic is recommended)
• 1/2 cup of coconut oil (solid)
• 1/2 cup good quality cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 cup of almond meal
• 1/2 coconut milk
• 2 tbs honey

After work I headed to Yes! Organic Market. It's right down the street from my house and I've always wanted to check it out. I figured that they would have everything I need and to no surprise they did! I have been craving hummus but haven't had the ingredients to make it so while I was there I picked up some Tahini and plan on making some this weekend...anyway.... Once home I preheated the oven and made a quick dinner (Beef patty w/ half and avocado and broccoli). In between bites I started making my brownies. 

Normal recipes list the ingredients in the order you need them so I cracked an egg and measured out the coconut oil. I have never used coconut oil before so I wasn't 100 percent what to expect. When I opened the jar it was completely SOLID! I grabbed a spoon and packed 1/2 cup. I then read the directions (which I should have done before) and realized this was for oiling the baking tin.... I put it aside. Once I measured out all the correct ingredients I mixed them all together. The directions specifies to stir until there are no lumps and the mixture is smooth and thick. I was expecting this to take some muscle but honestly it took less than a minute! 

I melted the coconut oil in the microwave and when it came out there was sooooo much oil! I put it in the baking tin and ended up dumping out the majority of it down the drain. Once the tin was oiled, I poured the batter and realized this was not nearly enough! I'm not sure what the dimensions are of my tin but I've made brownies before and definitely had enough. I decided to make another batch but then realized I'm going to have to not only double it but triple it. After I went through the whole process again, it came out great. I put the brownies in the oven for 20 minutes and when they came out there was still a little oil on top. I'm really excited to taste them but will have to wait until tomorrow.

The total of all the ingredients PLUS the lovely DC bag tax totaled up to $30.31. I will be able to use the ingredients again and hey if the brownies are a hit I'll make some more!!