Butternut Squash Brownies

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. First, you’ll roast the butternut squash in the oven drizzled with a little oil and sprinkled with salt. You’ll need to roast the squash or about 25-30 minutes until soft and golden.
2. Next, add the cashew butter, cacao powder, vanilla and date sugar to a food processor or blender. When the butternut squash is done roasting, add that to the food processor and blend until smooth. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together ​the oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and dark chocolate chips. Add the blended butternut squash mixture to the flour mixture and stir together to create the brownie “batter”. Spread the batter into a parchment-lined 8x8 square baking pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Allow the brownies to cool before frosting and slicing. Store covered on your counter for up to 3 days. You may refrigerate as well.
4. Chocolate Avocado Frosting Scoop the flesh of the avocados into a food processor or blender. Add the cacao powder, maple syrup, melted chocolate chips, pure vanilla, and melted coconut oil and blend until smooth and creamy. Add the plant milk and blend again for about a minute. Place the frosting in the fridge for 30 minutes to set up and then use it to spread over a cake, brownies, pipe onto cupcakes, cookies, as a dip with strawberries, etc. Once your dessert is frosted you can keep it out at room temperature. Keep any leftover frosting stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, allow it to soften slightly before spreading/piping onto your dessert.