Sweet Potato Brownies
These sweet potato brownies are light and moist loaded with chocolate chips and topped with more chips and pecans. You really wont taste the sweet potato but its what gives them their fudgy texture.
Sweet Potato Brownies Ingredients
These are the simple kitchen staple ingredients youll need to make this sweet potato brownie recipe
Flour These sweet potato brownies start with allpurpose flour. Cocoa powder These chocolaty brownies call for ½ cup of cocoa powder Baking soda Baking soda acts as a leavener which means it helps the brownies rise Salt A pinch of salt enhances the overall flavor of the sweet potato brownies. Sweet potato Youll need a cup of sweet potato puree. Butter Use a stick of melted salted butter or ½ cup of vegetable oil. Brown sugar Sweeten things up with ¾ cup brown sugar. Vanilla Take the flavor up a notch with vanilla extract. Chocolate chips Youll need 1 ½ cups of semisweet chocolate chips divided Pecans Chopped pecans arent required but theyre certainly encouraged.
Cut peeled sweet potatoes into 1inch cubes. Boil for 1215 minutes or until very tender drain. Mash until smooth.
One medium 8ounce sweet potato will yield approximately a cup of puree.
How to Make Sweet Potato Brownies
Youll find the full stepbystep recipe below but heres a brief overview of what you can expect when you make these homemade sweet potato brownies
Whisk the dry ingredients in one bowl and beat the wet ingredients in another Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture and fold in a cup of chocolate chips Pour the batter into a prepared pan Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips and pecans if desired. Bake until the edges are set.
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