

Sweet potato brownies
Ingredients
- 100g reduced-fat spread
- 200g dark chocolate chips
- 200g baked sweet potato/ kumarasweet-potatoX, mashed (orange flesh is best, 400g chopped raw sweet potato,
- baked at 180ºC for 30 mins, will yield 200g cooked)
- 1 cup soft brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¾ cup flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 100g hazelnuts (or other nuts), chopped
- 2 teaspoons icingfrostingX sugar, sifted (optional)
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Lightly grease a square loose-based cake tin and line with baking paper.
2 In a microwave-proof bowl place spread and ¾ of the chocolate chips. Heat until spread is completely melted. Stir to melt chocolate completely.
3 In a separate mixing bowl combine sweet potato and sugar. Mix until smooth. Stir in chocolate
mixture, then add eggs and vanilla. Beat until thick.
4 Stir in flour, baking powder, nuts and the remaining chocolate. Pour into prepared tin and
bake for 30 minutes or until firm to touch but still slightly moist. Cool completely in the tin.
5 Cut into 16 even-sized squares and sprinkle with icing sugar, if using.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour and baking powder and check chocolate chips and icing sugar are gluten free.
HFG tip
Store in a sealed container for up to four days
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 215 cal
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Kilojoules 900 kJ
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Protein 4 g
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Total fat 12 g
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Saturated fat 3 g
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Carbohydrates 25 g
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Sugar 18 g
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Dietary fibre 1 g
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Sodium 50 mg
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Calcium 40 mg
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Iron 1 mg
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