Breakfast brownies

Should you be eating brownies for breakfast? Probably not :)
But if there was a recipe that was healthy and nutritious enough, why wouldn't you? This is that recipe :)

Loaded with sweet potato and oats, this is a healthy treat for any time of the day.

These are dense and soft. Just the way I like them. I hope you will too :)

What you need:
- 500 grams sweet potato
- 100 grams oats - ground into flour (use gluten free if needed)
- 30 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
- 50 grams coconut sugar (or your sugar of choice)
- 1 tbsp flax seed flour/meal
- ½ cup (120 ml.) plain plant milk (I prefer soy)
- ½ tsp pure vanilla powder
- a pinch of salt
- optional: a pinch of cinnamon


- Peel the sweet potato, dice it and then steam it until tender. Steam, not boil. I just do it in the microwave, but do it however you like.

- Grind your oats into flour. A bullet style blender works great for this, but a regular blender works just fine. You can also do small batches at a time in an electric coffee grinder.

- Mix the oat flour with the rest of the dry ingredients.

- When the sweet potato is tender, blend it with the milk into a smooth puree. I just do it in a bowl with a stick blender.

- Now add the puree to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and start mashing it all together. I find it easiest to use a flexible, silicone spatula for this.

- Then add to a 20 x 20 cm baking tin lined with baking/parchment paper. (This dough/batter is very firm and won't spread, so if you don't have a baking tin in the correct size, just spread it out to about 20 x 20 cm in a bigger tin. No problem)

- Bake for 35 minutes at 175 degrees celsius with the fan setting on.

- Now carefully slide the cake with the paper onto a cooling rack. It will look, and feel like it's way too soft, but this is how it's supposed to be. After 15-20 minutes it should be firm enough for you the remove the paper, so it can cool a little faster.

- Let cool completely before cutting, and eating.


I think these brownies are better with a little sweet something on top. You can grate a little chocolate onto them right when they come out of the oven. It will melt, and you don't need much this way.

Or, in keeping with the breakfast theme, how about mashing a banana, and mixing it with cocoa powder or peanut butter, and using that as a 'frosting'

Or use frozen bananas to make nice cream, for a decadent brownies and ice cream breakfast......or dessert :)

I hope you will give my healthier brownies a try. Let me know if you like them :)