Vegan Sweet Potato Brownies [Gluten-Free, Oil-Free]

Last week I made gingerbread cookies with a friend and she literally begged me to come up with a recipe for sweet potato brownies. So, here we go! I didn’t only come up with the most delicious recipe, but also shot a tutorial video to make it as easy as possible for anyone to try it out.

Let me show you how it’s done! To make my sweet potato brownies you need to have a big bowl, a smaller bowl and immersion or regular blender as well as a small chopping board, knife, spoon and baking tin or pan. That’s it!

I used buckwheat and gluten-free oat flour as a base for my sweet potato brownies. Carob and cocoa powder as well as cocoa paste and chocolate chips are responsible for the chocolaty flavour of my sweet potato brownie.

I also decided to add some pureed coconut and peanut butter in addition to cocoa paste to make the brownies a bit heartier.

Next come oat milk and the sweet potato itself to give moistness as well as sweet flavour. As I’m on vegan Candida diet I added some xylitol for extra sweetness.

I love chewing on my sweet potato brownie as it’s:

• Moist
• Thick and gooey
• Sticking to my palate
• Perfectly sweet and bitter at the same time.

In addition, you’ll find this recipe:

• Vegan and plant-based
• Gluten-free (if you tolerate avenin in oats)
• Refined sugar free
• Oil-free
• Candida diet friendly (unless you’re on cleanse)

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Vegan Sweet Potato Brownies

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• Author: Nele Liivlaid
• Total Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 20×20 cm (8”) square pan 1x

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Last week I made gingerbread cookies with a friend and she literally begged me to come up with a recipe for sweet potato brownies. So, here we go! I didn’t only come up with the most delicious recipe, but also shot a tutorial video to make it as easy as possible for anyone to try it out.

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Ingredients

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DRY

• 100g (3.5oz, ¾ cups + 1 tbsp.) raw buckwheat flour
• 50g (1.8oz, ¼ cup + 2 tbsps. + 1 tsp.) oat flour
• 2.5 tbsps. carob powder
• 1.5 tbsps. cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsps. aluminium-free baking powder

WET

• 200g (7oz, about 1 cup) steamed sweet potato cubes
• 1 tbsp. additive-free peanut butter
• ¼ tsp. Himalayan salt
• 2.5 tbsps. birch xylitol
• ¾ cup (180g, 6.3oz) unsweetened oat milk
• 25g (0.9oz) cocoa paste
• 15g (0.5oz, 1 tbsp.) pureed coconut
• 25g (0.9oz, 2 tbsps.) dark chocolate chips

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Instructions

1. Peel sweet potato and cut into cubes. Then steam until soft (about 7 minutes). Set aside.
2. Now, chop up cocoa paste and pureed coconut. Place them into a heatproof bowl. In order to melt it, bring water to a simmer in your saucepan. Then, turn off the heat. Next, set the heatproof bowl in the mouth of the pot, making sure the bowl doesn’t touch the bottom of the saucepan. Stir cocoa paste as it softens.
3. Next, in a bigger bowl mix together all the dry ingredients.
4. Using immersion or regular blender process sweet potato, peanut butter, salt, plant milk and xylitol into smooth mixture. Then, pour it onto dry ingredients and mix until you have homogeneous batter.
5. Next, stir the cocoa paste and coconut puree mixture into batter. Finally mix in the chocolate chips as well.
6. Line a round 8” (20 cm) spring form cake tin or 20×20 cm (8”) square baking pan with parchment paper or grease slightly and bake for 20 minutes at 175°C (350°F).

Notes

One slice has 11.6 GL points.

My sweet potato brownie is heavenly with healthy chocolate sauce and/or applesauce.

• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Method: Baking

Nutrition

• Serving Size: ⅛ of brownie
• Calories: 175 kcal
• Fat: 6.41g
• Carbohydrates: 27.3g
• Fiber: 5.67g
• Protein: 4.98g

Tips on my sweet potato brownie:

• Alternatively, melt the cocoa paste and pureed coconut in microwave oven. Heat it on medium high for about 1 minute to start with. Remove from the microwave and stir. Repeat heating at shorter intervals, 15 to 20 seconds, stirring in between, until the chocolate is completely melted and has a smooth consistency.
• Grind your own oat flour from rolled oats, if you don’t have oat flour in hand.
• Use any nut or seed butter you like – almond, hazelnut, cashew, sunflower, tahini.
• Should you use unsweetened plant milk other than oat or rice, you might need to add more sweetener.
• Instead of chocolate chips you are welcome to use chopped dark chocolate or cocoa paste.
• Use any sweetener of choice if you don’t have issues with Candida overgrowth.

Storing tips for my sweet potato brownies:

• If you use them up in a few days, store brownies in an airtight container between layers of parchment paper. Before closing it up, place a slice of bread on top. The trick is that the moisture from the bread will keep the brownies. When you notice the bread starting to go stale, replace it.
• For long-term storage, wrap each brownie individually in plastic and place in freezer.

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