Fudgy Apple Brownies

Ingredients

For the brownies -

• 3 sweet potatoes, peeled, chopped and cooked
• 100g dates, soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes
• 6 tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
• 4 tablespoons almond butter
• 6 tablespoons cacao or cocoa powder
• 100g ground almonds
• 100g oat flour
• 3 tablespoons Lio Licious Apple Powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 apple, diced

For the topping -

• 3 tablespoons almond butter
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
• 4 tablespoons maple syrup
• 4 tablespoons cacao or cocoa powder

To decorate -

• 30g pistachios shelled
• 3 tablespoons Lio Licious Apple Powder

Method

Get making!

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and line a 9x9in baking tin.
2. Place ⅔ of the cooked sweet potato chunks, drained dates, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, almond butter and cacao or cocoa powder in a blender and whizz up well until smooth.
3. Add in the ground almonds, oat flour, apple powder and cinnamon and whizz up again until you have a slightly thick batter. Stir in the diced apples.
4. Spread the mixture out into the tin and bake for 20-25 minutes until firmed. Leave to cool in the tin.
5. Add the remaining cooked sweet potato to a blender along with the coconut oil, maple syrup and cacao or cocoa powder for the topping - blend until thick and smooth. Chill in the fridge until needed.
6. Once the brownie has cooled, spread the topping over to cover then cut into 9 - 12 pieces. Blitz the pistachios and apple powder in a blender to form a fine crumb then sprinkle over. Enjoy!