Happy Monday!
I developed this recipe to be a clean desert made with real ingredients, minimal sweetener and a filling consistency. These brownies are a healthy snack or great as a dessert. I packed it with superfoods that are nutritious and organic, like sweet potatoes and coca powder. And I used maple syrup that's organic as a sweetener (it comes straight from my neighbours trees!). Then it’s also loaded with protein from the cashew butter and collagen. So one brownie is quite filling (with about 140 calories). It's also super easy to make, only 30 minutes of baking time.
So there you go! A real food desert! And it’s not going to give you a sugar crash or leave you starving a few minutes later!
Here’s how I did it.
Ingredients
1 cup mashed sweet potato
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 scoops further collagen protein powder (optional) (for a discount at furtherfood.com on your next order use the code: NATASHA10)
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup cashew butter
1/4 milk (I used organic meadow whole milk)
Directions
Cut half a large sweet potato into a few pieces. Put a pot of water on the stove and bring to a boil.
Boil the sweet potato pieces for 15 - 20 minutes or until soft enough to mash. Then mash sweet potato until no lumps remain.
Preheat your oven to 325 F. Put all your ingredients into a mixing bowl.
Mix until smooth with no lumps. (Note: if your cashew butter is too firm then I recommend heating it in a pot on the stove for a few minutes until it melts.)
Then take a square baking pan or loaf pan and grease with coconut oil (I used Bulletproof XCT coconut oil). Then pour your batter into the pan. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove form the oven and let cool. Then cut into brownie sized pieces. (Store in the fridge for up to a week.)
Toppings:
To make a syrup to drizzle on the brownies (which I did here) combine the following:
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
A splash of water
1 tbsp coconut oil
Whisk together then drizzle or brush on.
