Name: Vegan breakfast brownies with salted caramel hot chocolate frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 20 brownies
Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (can substitute with half and half of all-purpose and regular whole wheat flour); 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 2 tsp instant coffee granules; 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 3/4 cup walnuts, lightly roasted and chopped; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup applesauce; 1/2 cup maple syrup (can sub with sugar); 2 flax eggs (whisk 2 tbsp flax meal with 6 tbsp water and set aside for a couple of minutes); 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1/4 cup nondairy milk; 1/4 cup cane sugar or turbinado sugar; A pinch of pink salt or sea salt flakes