German Chocolate Sweet Potato Brownies
A decadent, rich chocolate brownie topped with coconut pecan and chocolate frosting. An irresistible gluten-free dessert.
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories: 348kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sweet potato cooked and mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup cashew butter ~ any nut butter is fine. Peanut butter for Low FODMAP
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp flour ~ I used oat flour ~Regular all-purpose or almond flours are other options.
- 2/3 cup sugar ~ I used beet sugar. Monkfruit Sweetener works perfectly for a low-sugar brownie.
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chip plus 3 tbsp to sprinkle on top. I used Enjoy Life Allergy-Friendly Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips.
- 1/4 cup white chocolate flavored chips optional ~ not dairy, and soy-free
- 9 tbsp chocolate frosting use as desired ~ Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Chocolate is gluten, egg, nut, and dairy-free.
- 9 tbsp coconut pecan frosting use as desired ~ gluten, egg, and dairy-free.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 and grease or line an 8-inch pan with parchment paper.
- To make your nut butter easy to stir you can either let it set out for about 30 minutes or carefully warm it up in the microwave. I personally have not used the microwave and the recipe has worked just fine.
- In a large mixing bowl add softened nut butter, sweet potatoes, and vanilla. Whisk together well.
- In a small mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to sweet potato mixture and stir to combine. Stir in chocolate chips and optional white chocolate chips.
- Smooth batter into the prepared pan gently pushing with a spatula to fill evenly. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over the top and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove brownies from the oven and let them rest until they reach room temperature. The brownies will firm up as they cool.
- Once the brownies have cooled you can frost them or serve them as they are. We add a layer of chocolate frosting and then coconut pecan over that. YUM!
Notes
Frosting optional ~ Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Chocolate and Chocolate Fudge frostings are gluten, egg, nut, and dairy-free.
Pillsbury Coconut Pecan Frosting is dairy, egg, and gluten-free.
**These frostings are NOT corn and soy-free. Corn, soy, and nut-free will need to use allergy-safe frostings such as these:
This homemade coconut pecan frosting from, www.godairyfree.org is egg, gluten, dairy, and soy-free but does contain corn.
G-Free Foodie has homemade vanilla and chocolate frosting recipes that are gluten, dairy, egg, and corn-free.
Simple Mills and Miss Jones Baking Co. have premade frosting that is corn, egg, dairy, gluten, and nut-free.
**These frostings are NOT corn and soy-free. Corn, soy, and nut-free will need to use allergy-safe frostings such as these:
This homemade coconut pecan frosting from, www.godairyfree.org is egg, gluten, dairy, and soy-free but does contain corn.
G-Free Foodie has homemade vanilla and chocolate frosting recipes that are gluten, dairy, egg, and corn-free.
Simple Mills and Miss Jones Baking Co. have premade frosting that is corn, egg, dairy, gluten, and nut-free.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Brownie | Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 271mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 1179IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 2mg