Healthy Paleo Sweet Potato Pie Bars are nut-free and made with a cassava flour crust. These bars are easy to make and are the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving feast!
Sweet potato pie is a classic Thanksgiving dessert. These bars have the same taste as your traditional pie but are dairy-free, gluten-free and nut-free. They are sweetened with coconut sugar and will be a hit at your holiday parties.
If you love sweet potatoes, you will also enjoy my Sweet Potato Muffins, Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie and Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes.
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⭐Why You'll Love this Recipe
- Quick and easy. This recipe uses canned sweet potato to cut down on prep time. We are also using a food processor to mix the filling which makes it so much easier.
- Healthy. These sweet potato pie bars are made with unrefined sugar for a healthy take on this classic recipe. Sweet potatoes are already naturally sweet on their own so this recipe doesn't need a lot of added sugar.
🥘Ingredients and Substitutions
- Sweet potato- I made this recipe extra simple by using a can of organic sweet potato puree. I have not tested this recipe with whole sweet potatoes, however, I suggest peeling and steaming or microwaving the sweet potatoes until tender. You should then be able to add them to the food processor.
- Coconut cream- you want this to be a very thick cream. I recommend chilling the can in the fridge for a few hours before making the bars. You can also use the top of a can of full-fat coconut milk. Make sure this is unsweetened coconut cream, NOT cream of coconut.
- Coconut sugar- we're using coconut sugar instead of white sugar to keep this paleo. If you are not on the paleo diet, you can use brown sugar.
- Cassava flour- cassava flour is a grain-free, gluten-free and nut-free paleo flour. It's very easy to work with. If you don't need this recipe to be nut-free, you can try replacing it with almond flour.
See the recipe card below for quantities and remaining ingredients.
🔪Instructions
- Make the crust and press it into the bottom of the baking pan. Set aside.
- Blend the filling in a food processor or blender. Pour over the crust.
- Bake until the filling is set, let cool and enjoy!
💭Recipe FAQs
You can try it, however, I have not tested the recipe with fresh potatoes and the filling may be thicker. You will probably have to adjust the baking time.
Yes! The canned pumpkin should work the same as the canned sweet potato. Make sure it is pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie mix which has added sugar.
These bars are paleo because they are refined sugar-free, dairy-free, grain-free and gluten-free.
👩🏻🍳Chef Tips
- These bars can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, although they are best served fresh. They can also be stored covered in the freezer for about 2 months. Defrost the bars in the fridge.
- Be sure to use unsweetened coconut cream, NOT cream of coconut. You can also use the solid part at the top of a full-fat can of coconut milk.
🥗Serving
Sweet potato pie bars can be served warm or chilled or at room temperature. These bars go great with whipped cream, homemade coconut whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.
If you're serving these at Thanksgiving, be sure to also add
Air Fryer Butternut Squash, Cranberry Orange Chicken Thighs and Dutch Oven Apple Crisp to your table!
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🍳Recipe
Paleo Sweet Potato Pie Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 ½ cups cassava flour
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- ⅔ cup coconut oil, melted
Filling
- 1 can of sweet potato puree, unsweetened
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut cream
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cassava flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a square baking pan with cooking spray or parchment paper.
Crust
- In a large bowl, add all of the crust ingredients and mix until combined. Press the crust into the bottom of the baking pan. Set aside.
Filling
- In a food processor or blender, add the sweet potato puree, eggs, coconut cream, coconut sugar, spices and 2 tablespoons of cassava flour.
- Place the lid on top and pulse or blend until smooth.
- Pour the filling into the pan over the crust. Place in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes until the edges are slightly browned and the center is cooked. The bars should jiggle slightly in the center. If they are moving too much, continue baking in 5 minute increments.
- Let the bars cool completely before cutting. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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Notes
- These bars can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, although they are best served fresh. They can also be stored covered in the freezer for about 2 months. Defrost the bars in the fridge.
- Be sure to use unsweetened coconut cream, NOT cream of coconut. You can also use the solid part at the top of a full-fat can of coconut milk.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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