Sweet Potato Blondies

It's Sweet Potato month at Veggie Buds Club and Heather of Happy Kids Kitchen developed an amazing way to get excited about this veggie! Enjoy this healthy-ish sweet treat: Sweet Potato Blondies. Kids are sure to gobble these up!

This recipe was developed by Heather Staller, a mom of two boys, ages 8 and 6, and cooking instructor specializing in bringing cooking into preschool classrooms. After college, Heather knew she wanted to be a teacher, but first followed her lifelong dream of going to culinary school. Teaching cooking combines both of her passions, and she truly enjoys introducing young children to the joys of cooking with fresh ingredients. Find Heather on Instagram (@heather.happykidskitchen), where she shares inventive kid-friendly recipes and ideas for cooking with kids at home.

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Sweet Potato Blondies

INGREDIENTS

• 1/3 cup mashed sweet potato
  
• 1/2 cup almond butter (or any nut or seed butter)
  
• 1/4 cup melted coconut oil or vegetable oil
  
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or more cinnamon
  
• 1/2 cup all-purpose, whole wheat flour or 1 cup almond flour
  
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or grease really well with oil.
   
2. In a large bowl, whisk sweet potato, almond butter, oil, vanilla, and sugar until smooth. Whisk in baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin spice then stir in flour and chocolate chips.
3. Spread the batter in the baking dish then top with a few more chocolate chips, if you’d like. Bake until set and puffed around the edges, 18 to 20 minutes.
   
4. Cool completely then cut into squares.

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"Sweeeeet Potatoes!"

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