Cuori d'Amore
Author: Healthy Cooking Daily
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 1 dozen
- Cuori d' Amore (Love Hearts0
- 1 cup smooth almond butter
- ⅓ c apple sauce
- ¾ maple syrup
- 1 egg
- ½ c sifted cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ c chocolate chips (heaping)
- Coconut Strawberry Whipped Cream
- 1 can full fat coconut milk (refrigerate overnight)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 TBL honey
- ⅜ c strawberry jam
- For the chocolate love hearts:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- In a large mixing bowl add the almond butter, apple sauce, maple syrup, and vanilla and beat with a hand mixer until well combined.
- Add the egg and mix on medium speed another few minutes.
- Add the cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and mix for 2-3 minutes.
- Mix the chocolate chips in with a spatula.
- You can use a regular muffin tin lined with cupcake papers or your favorite heart mold.
- Bake for 14-15 minutes, or until done in the middle.
- For the Whipped Cream:
- Skim the top of the coconut cream, leaving the water at the bottom. You can save the water for soups or smoothies.
- Add to a medium mixing bowl with the vanilla and honey and beat on high with a hand mixer.
- Scrape the bowl, then gently fold in the strawberry jam.
- * I used a non-stick heart mold, then scooped out the middle and filled them with the strawberry cream. Decorate as you wish.
- * Makes 12 hearts/cupcakes
Recipe by Healthy Cooking Daily at https://healthycookingdaily.com/2017/02/cuori-damore/
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