I can’t believe it’s brownies…

I first came across Sweet Potato Brownies when I went to a friends house for dinner and they wanted to cook me something healthy for dessert. At that point in time I was completely blown away because they were so delicious and actually pretty healthy too. So over the last 6 months I’ve been playing with the recipe to make it the ultimate healthy brownie.

My challenge to you is to make them, then give them to your kids or partner without telling them what the ingredients are and see what they think…

I promise you will be amazed and never look back to sugar filled brownies again.

Enjoy x

Recipe Makes:

Too many for one person for one week

Ingredients

• 1 Medium sweet potato (2-3 cups when grated)

• 2 Eggs

• 1/2 Cup melted coconut oil

• 1/3 Cup honey (or rice malt syrup)

• 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1/2 Cup raw cacao powder, sifted

• 1 Teaspoon baking powder

• 1 Teaspoon baking soda

• 2 and a 1/2 Tablespoons coconut flour

Method

1. Preheat oven to 185 °C, make sure the oven is hot before you put in the brownies in (very important)

2. Combine grated sweet potato, eggs, vanilla, honey and coconut oil in a large mixing bowl and stir together until they are well mixed together

3. Add cacao powder, baking powder and baking soda and stir

4. Add coconut flour. Tip: Avoid adding too much coconut flour as it will absorb too much moisture which will result in drier brownies so add this flour slowly

5. Mix well, once combined, pour the mixture into a baking tray lined with glad bake (I used a 23cm square tin)

6. Cook for 25-30 minutes. Remove the tin and cool for 5-10 minutes before removing brownie form the tin

7. Cut them into squares and dust with a little cacao powder

8. Serve with raspberries or strawberries and optional a dollop of greek yogurt

Tip: To be extra decadent as a one off treat: melt some dark chocolate in a bowl over boiling water or in a microwave and drizzle it over the top – yummmmmy!

I hope you love them as much as I do, they have been a mega hit with my clients so far.

Love Karen x