Sweet Potato Brownies

Using sweet potatoes as a base, these quick and easy snack recipe to satisfy the sweet tooth instantly! Soft, gooey and hard to stop eating. As the main ingredient, sweet potato adds a lot of vitamins and fibre to these brownies.

 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut into chunks
  cup raw cacao powder
 60 g wholemeal plain flour
 70 g almond meal
 1 tsp ground cinnamon
 10 medjool dates, pitted and chopped
 ¼ cup maple syrup
 1 pinch salt

What are we cooking today?
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These super moist and rich sweet potato brownies taste delicious and make for a perfect healthy treat.

You can use orange or white sweet potato for this brownie recipe.

Getting started
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Preheat oven to 180C.

3

Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking powder.

4

Steam the sweet potato until very soft.

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Place the sweet potato, almond meal, flour, cinnamon, dates, cacao powder, maple syrup and salt in a food processor and process until a smooth batter forms.

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Pour the mixture into the lined cake tin and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

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Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes.

8

Remove from the tin and cut into even squares.

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Dust with a little extra cocao powder and serve alone or with fresh berries.

Annabelle's tip
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f you don’t get through the whole batch at once (or you would rather not), you can slice the brownies and freeze them as individual portions for up to 3 months. Defrost overnight in the fridge or on the counter and feel free to pop them in a hot oven for 5 minutes.