Ooooh this is a recipe to bake this autumn…making use of seasonal fresh juicy figs and crisp, sweet pears, paired (pear-ed?!) together in a good old brownie. This version is a healthier, gluten-free one (using sweet potato as the base) but the end result is still insanely delicious – especially with a few extra chunks of cheeky chocolate, because it wouldn’t be a proper without it right?
Ingredients:
- 100g gluten-free flour
- 40g cocoa powder
- 80g sweetener
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup cooked sweet potato chunks, mashed
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 50g dark chocolate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 50ml milk of choice
- 1 pear, diced
- 4 figs, halved
- 50g dark chocolate chunks
Make them!
- Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, sweetener and baking powder in a bowl.
- Melt the coconut oil and chocolate then allow to cool a little. Add into the bowl along with the sweet potato, milk and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the pear pieces.
- Spread the mixture into a greased and lined 9x9in baking tin then arrange the fig halves (cut side up) on top and push in gently, then scatter over the chocolate pieces.
- Bake at 180C for 25 minutes until golden and firmed up, then leave to cool and cut into 9 pieces. Enjoy!
