Name: Sweet potato gingerbreads
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Makes 10
Ingredients: 350 g/12 oz/2 small sweet potatoes, scrubbed; 75 g/3 oz/3 tbsp barley malt extract; 125 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup unsweetened almond milk; 100 g/3¾ oz/scant ½ cup soya margarine; 2 eggs, beaten; 150 g/5 oz/generous ½ cup light muscovado (brown) sugar; 2 tsp/10 ml ground ginger; 2 tbsp/30 ml porridge (rolled) oats, to decorate (optional); 1 tsp/5 ml bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 tsp/5 ml ground mixed (apple pie) spice; ½ tsp/2.5 ml ground turmeric; 100 g/3¾ oz/¾ cup medium oatmeal; 110 g/4 oz/1 cup white spelt flour

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

Energy Balls & Power Bites

By Sara Lewis

Published 2017

About

Think of moist, dark gingerbread and you tend to think of masses of sugar, syrup and treacle. This healthier version cuts the sugar with naturally-sweet roasted sweet potato and adds malted barley instead of syrup. Just like the bonfire party favourite, parkin, this recipe adds cholesterol-lowering oatmeal in place of some of the flour.