This is a deliciously gooey and rich recipe that is a healthier alternative to the classic recipe, stevia has been used to lower the sugar content and it contains a mix of quinoa flour and almond meal so it’s also gluten free!
How long the recipe takes to prepare and how many serves you'll get
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 60 minutes
Serves: 16
Ingredients:
- 2 medium golden sweet potatoes, roughly 700g
- 120g dark chocolate
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup stevia
- 125g margarine
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 85g almond meal
- 1 ½ tsp McKenzie’s baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 100g quinoa flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 4 tbsp milk


Method:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C
- 2. Wash sweet potato thoroughly and allow to dry
- 3. Cut sweet potatoes into rough quarters, with skin on, and place them on rectangular baking tray
- 4. Bake for 30 minutes until softened when poked with a knife, let them cool for 10 minutes once out of the oven, keep the oven on
- 5. When cool, peel of the potato skin/scoop out the flesh, mash until smooth
- 6. Using the double boiler method, melt 100g of dark chocolate until smooth then remove from the heat or the dark chocolate can be melted in the microwave
- 7. In another large mixing bowl, cream the stevia, brown sugar and margarine with an electric mixer
- 8. Add the eggs in one at a time, beat after each addition
- 9. Slowly add the sweet potato mash, melted chocolate and vanilla essence and beat until combined
- 10. Sift the cocoa powder, quinoa flour, almond meal, salt and baking powder and fold in these ingredients gradually using a wooden spoon
- 11. Add the tablespoons of milk and stir until combined, don’t over mix the batter
- 12. Line the rectangular baking tin with baking paper covering the bottom surface and edges
- 13. Pour that batter into the tin and spread the mixture evenly to ensure a smooth surface
- 14. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean when poked into the centre of the mixture
- 15. Once cooked, allow to cool to room temperature
- 16. Optional, melt and drizzle remaining dark chocolate on top of brownies
ENJOY! And thanks for reading - Inspiro dietitian Liam.
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