After my success with quinoa brownies, I decided to try some different types of flourless brownies. I really thought that you had to have flour in baked goods like cookies and brownies to make them taste good. I would have been the first to admit that using a vegetable instead of flour was a weird thing. Seriously, how could it even look or taste the same? But sometimes I can get a little adventurous in the kitchen so I decided to go for it and try flourless brownies. I made some sweet potato brownies and some black bean brownies. The black bean brownies looked pretty tasty but weren’t quite right. So I’ll be working on that recipe a little more. But the sweet potato brownies were incredible! They looked the same a regular brownies but they were super moist and rich. I’m not sure I’ll ever eat a brownie made with flour again! Ok…so that might be a bit of an exaggeration since I love all brownies, but I will be making these again soon!
Not only do these brownies taste delicious, but they are gluten free, grain free and are naturally sweetened. It’s possible to eat clean and still have dessert!
If you regularly eat baked or mashed sweet potatoes, you can bake a couple of extra sweet potatoes and use when you’re ready to make these. I like to throw a few in the slow cooker in the morning and have them ready by the end of the day. Or you could just pokes holes in 3 or 4 sweet potatoes and bake them in the oven for about an hour.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup of mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 cup of cashew Butter
- 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup of pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine mashed sweet potatoes, cashew butter, cocoa powder, egg, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and baking soda.
- Pour batter into lighted oiled 8X8 baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool and then enjoy!
Have you ever tried flourless brownies? Would you consider using something like sweet potatoes in sweets?
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
January 12, 2015 at 5:23 amI would definitely try this. I am all for cutting back when I can 🙂
Maureen Campaiola says
January 12, 2015 at 5:24 amI absolutely would use a vegetable like sweet potato in sweets. I bet these are awesome and I’m going to try making them. I eat whole foods, mostly paleo so these would work out well for me.
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Aisha Kristine Chong says
January 12, 2015 at 8:39 amI am in love with brownies and this is a flourless ones? I can’t tell but I do have to try just ASAP!
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Rena McDaniel says
January 12, 2015 at 8:39 amI am cutting back as well but something about sweet potatoes that I just don’t like. Maybe these would be good like the others I just don’t know.
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Heather says
January 12, 2015 at 9:01 amI do applesaue in brownies but I’ve never heard of sweet potatoes in them. I will do this!
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Kristen from The Road to Domestication says
January 12, 2015 at 9:33 amI have never seen a recipe for brownies using sweet potatoes, but I love the idea! Thank you for sharing!
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Lesley says
January 12, 2015 at 9:40 amYou’re pretty creative using a recipe for brownies with sweet potatoes. That’s definitely one way to get your veggies for dessert.
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Aimee Fauci says
January 12, 2015 at 11:17 amI would have never thought about adding sweet potatoes. I am in love with sweet potatoes and with brownies. I may need to give this a try!
Jaime says
January 12, 2015 at 12:38 pmI’ve never tried a flourless brownie. These sound (and look) amazing!
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Liz Mays says
January 12, 2015 at 2:45 pmThis sounds like a yummy brownie recipe. I’ll give it a shot!
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Coolchillmom says
January 12, 2015 at 3:29 pmWhat a great mix if ingredients!! I would have never thought of using sweet potatoes
Pam says
January 12, 2015 at 4:20 pmThese sound really interesting! I have heard of black bean brownies but never sweet potato brownies.
Sarah Bailey says
January 12, 2015 at 4:43 pmI love a good brownie, I have admit to never having had a flourless one, but I’m definitely up for trying these!
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Jeanine says
January 12, 2015 at 7:50 pmYum! I’ve tried this with zucchini but not sweet potatoes. I’ve heard these are killer though and I must try!
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Marielle Altenor says
January 12, 2015 at 7:51 pmWell I’ll be! I never would have imagine sweet potato can be made into brownies!! I have to try this!!!
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Pam says
January 12, 2015 at 8:35 pmI haven’t tried anything like this but have been reading a lot about it on many of the low carb plans that people are on. They look good to me and I would love to try them.
Our Family World says
January 12, 2015 at 8:44 pmI’m not too surprised about this, I have also heard of sweet potato and marshmellows; I’m sure this recipe is going to taste great. I’ll give it a shot!
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Amanda Ripsam says
January 12, 2015 at 9:34 pmI love sweet potatoes and I love brownies and chocolate and everything about it all. I am going to try this and see if the kids notice any difference.
Veronica says
January 12, 2015 at 10:08 pmThis looks like a great one to try. I love sweet potatoes
Annie M says
January 12, 2015 at 11:04 pmSounds like a weird combo, but I like weird combos, haha. Sweet potatoes are the bomb!
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Rosey says
January 13, 2015 at 9:26 amI’ve heard sweet potatoes are packed with vitamin yummy goodness. This would be a great way to get the kids to eat them!
Nicole says
January 13, 2015 at 12:27 pmthese sound interesting. I would never have thought about using sweet potatoes in brownies.
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Chrystal @ YUM eating says
January 13, 2015 at 5:13 pmInteresting. I’ve never had sweet potato brownies before. I have made black bean brownies though. They were really good. I’ll have to try this sometime. I do love a good sweet potato.
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Ann Bacciaglia says
January 13, 2015 at 5:44 pmThese look like they would be delicious. I love trying different recipes. I just made peppermint patties. They have mashed potatoes and powdered sugar for the filling.