Sweet Potato – Grain Free Brownies

These Flourless Sweet Potato Brownies are the comforting cure-all to any decidedly dreary fall day.

And I know what you’re probably thinking.  ” Sweet potatoes and chocolate?  Do these foods go together?  I am here to tell you, yes they do.  Ever since becoming and adult, I have been bombarded with “pumpkin spice everything.” Every single autumn season.   But I realized the other day that I don’t love pumpkin puree all that much.  But do you know what comforting fall food I absolutely like?

An Ooey Gooey Baked Sweet Potato.

I decided I wanted to try to make these brownies flourless, and I honestly was not sure how this would turn out. But these brownies were sweet and dense.  They were thick and gooey.  They were chocolaty.  Oh my.  I didn’t know that I needed these brownies in my life.  But I do!

Here is what you need for Flourless Sweet Potato Brownies

Sweet Potatoes.  If you don’t have time to bake your sweet potatoes, I guess you can use sweet potato puree.

Cashew Butter 

Unsweetened Cocoa

maple syrup

An 8X8 pan

parchment paper

pure vanilla extract

cinnamon

One egg

A Review:  This recipe was a total experiment.  I thought that the brownies tasted good.  Everything bonded together really well.  I don’t think it would be inappropriate to add another egg if you wanted to.   Right, when they came out of the oven, they were mushy ( but not too soft).  I thought they improved a lot after they cooled for a good 1/2 hour.   I didn’t use a lot of sweeteners, and I didn’t need them any sweeter than they were.

I am looking forward to baking with sweet potatoes again.