Healthy brownies? Is that like unicorns, they don’t exist? Well I am here to tell you that these brownies are totally healthy, and they are real! (The jury is still out on that whole unicorn thing, though) 😉
For real though, these brownies are yummy and chocolaty. These brownies are nothing like the sugary confections in the store that are preservative-laden; these brownies are delicious, and I swear, you don’t even notice the sweet potato at all! These brownies are also good if you are on the road to upping your health game, but are still desiring a sweet treat 🙂
And yes, it is another recipe from Deliciously Ella. What can I say? That girl has mad cooking skills 😉
Sweet Potato Brownies
Ingredients:
- 2 medium-large sweet potatoes (about 10 ounces each)
- 14 Medjool dates, pitted
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons ground almonds (about 3 ounces)
- 4 tablespoons raw cacao powder**
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- pinch of salt
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- Peel the sweet potatoes. Cut them into chunks and place into a steamer for about 20 minutes, until they become really soft.
- Once they are perfectly soft and beginning to fall apart, remove them and add them to a food processor with the dates. Blend until a smooth, creamy mix forms.
- Put the remaining ingredients into a bowl before mixing in the sweet potato and date combination. Stir well.
- Place the mix into a parchment-paper lined baking dish and cook for 20-30 minutes, until you can pierce the brownie cake with a fork and pull it out dry. Remove the dish from the oven and allow it to cool for about 10 minutes. This is really important, as the brownies need this time to stick together.
**Ella states in her recipe that if you do not have any raw cacao powder, that it is totally okay to use conventional cocoa powder; you will just need to double the quantity.
Ooooh definitely making this!
They are so good Michelle, you’ll love ’em 🙂
Now these sound very, very interesting. I LOVE sweet potatoes and never ever thought about turning them into brownies. They sound great, although I would have to lie about what was in them initially to my family, with the exception of my Mom and brother. They are more open to trying new and different things. Everyone else would be giving me major side-eye for messing with brownies. LOL! My Mom and I make these great zucchini brownies and we play dumb about the zucchini in them because no one notices.
I love sweet potatoes too! I would love to make more recipes with them 🙂