Halloween Recipe: Sweet Potato Brownies
10/31/2023
Sweet potato brownies
To celebrate fall and to match the theme of your Halloween party, here is a delicious recipe for sweet potato brownies to delight young and old alike.
| Category | dessert |
| Preparation time | 35 mn |
| Cooking time | 55 mn |
Ingredients (for 16 brownies)
- 500g sweet potatoes
- 100g Flahavan's organic porridge oats
- 100g ground almonds
- 80g cacao powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 50g hazelnuts, chopped
- 4 tsp maple syrup
- 2 ysp coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 beaten egg
- 200g pitted dates
For icing (optional) :
- 100g icing sugar
- 40g butter
- 40g cream cheese
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Peel the sweet potatoes then cut them into pieces and steam them for about 20 minutes until softened.
- Blitz the oat flakes in a food processor to obtain a fine texture then add to a mixing bowl with the almonds, cocoa powder, baking powder and hazelnuts.
- Add the maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla extract and beaten egg, then mix well.
- Blend the sweet potatoes and dates together.
- Pour the mixture obtained into the mixing bowl, and stir to combine.
- Pour the mixture into a square dish and cook for around 35 minutes at 180°, then lower the temperature to 140°C and leave in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove the brownies from the oven and let cool completely before adding the icing and cutting the brownie into squares.
- For the icing, simply mix the icing sugar, butter and cream cheese together then spread the mixture over the brownie using a spatula.
Article written by Camille L.
