Sweet Potato Brownies
Introducing your new favorite brownie recipe. Chewy, fudgy, and incredibly moist. Made with mashed sweet potatoes, cocoa powder, and plenty of chocolate chips on top!
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes (see notes)
- ¾ cup peanut butter (or any nut butter)
- ⅔ cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup chocolate chips (I love dark chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides for lifting the brownies out.
- In a large bowl, whisk the sweet potatoes, peanut butter, brown sugar, oil, and vanilla extract
- In a smaller bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the baking dish and smooth the top. Sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly on top. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the brownies to cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes before cutting. Enjoy!
Notes
Mashed Sweet Potatoes: To make this, I chopped sweet potatoes into small 1-inch cubes, then boiled them in water for about 15 minutes until fork-tender. After that, I pushed them through a potato ricer, but you can mash them with a fork as well.