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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Autumn Baking: Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies

After making the Pumpkin Whoopie Pies earlier this week, I had about a cup of pumpkin puree sitting in the fridge waiting to find out it's destiny! I wanted to make something other than the pumpkin pancakes I usually make with leftover pumpkin. I was craving chocolate, and there's nothing better to quell a chocolate craving than a warm gooey brownie. I googled for a recipe for pumpkin brownies and found this one on Marthastewart.com. These brownies are SO good, I had one for breakfast yesterday morning and TWO for dinner last night! :D They are really gooey and delicious. It's like a wonderful cross between a fudgy brownie and yummy pumpkin pie. Soooooo terrific!! I made mine in an 8x8 pan so they'd be thick and tall. Of course they took a little longer to bake, and I still took them out before they were done because I like my brownies REALLY gooey (i.e., I'd pretty much eat them raw)! Here's a photo, followed by the fabulous recipe. Enjoy!


Recipe from Marthastewart.com

MY NOTES: If you make these in an 8x8, you should bake them for about 1 hour.

Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies
Makes 16

Ingredients
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus more for pan
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I omitted this because I didn't have any, but I'd love to know how they taste with it!)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups solid-pack pumpkin
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts or other nuts (I used pecans)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan or dish. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper; butter lining.
Melt chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, cayenne, and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Put sugar, eggs, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat until fluffy and well combined, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in flour mixture.
Divide batter between two medium bowls (about 2 cups per bowl). Stir chocolate mixture into one bowl. In other bowl, stir in pumpkin, oil, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Transfer half of chocolate batter to prepared pan smoothing top with a rubber spatula. Top with half of pumpkin batter. Repeat to make one more chocolate layer and one more pumpkin layer. Work quickly so batters don't set.
With a small spatula or a table knife, gently swirl the two batters to create a marbled effect. Sprinkle with nuts.
Bake until set, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into 16 squares.

22 comments:

the southern hostess said...

Yum! This combines two of my absolute favorite things -- pumpkin and brownies. They look delicious!

Snooky doodle said...

wonderful brownies. I m really curious to know how these brownies taste since I ve never tasted pumpkin brownies. :) They look yummy delicious.

susan said...

hmmm. pumpkin's awesome. brownies are awesome. pumpkin brownies are awesome awesome! ;)

CookiePie said...

OMG - chocolate and pumpkin together, YUM YUM!!! I will definitely have to make these!

Adam said...

Ok, this is kind of crazy... but I just saw this post and my jaw dropped. First, they are awesome chocolate gooeyness. Second, I just made brownies this weekend. We share a brain... stay tuned :)

Coby said...

This is like nothing I have ever heard of! How sad for me - they look incredible, and I agree, I think the little kick of cayenne would be something special:)

Sara said...

These look delicious, I saw them on Martha's website but haven't made them yet.

Anonymous said...

i think that your description of the cross between pumpkin pie and chocolatey brownie is pretty intriguing! these look good...

Jen said...

Pumpkin and chocolate is a fantastic combination!! Have you tried the new Hershey Kisses pumpkin flavor?! Tastes just like pumpkin pie! I think I'm going to chop them up and put them in some chocolate cupcakes. I love fall baking!

Anonymous said...

These look really good. Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorite fall treats. I'll have to give these brownies a whirl.

Dee said...

I'm sure they'd taste amazing with the chile. I've made chocolate PB cookies with chile and they rocked! Love LOVE the pumpkin in this.

Anonymous said...

yummy pumpkin is one of my favorite foods ever. combining that with brownies is only natural haha

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steph- whisk/spoon said...

looks great, and love the fall theme for the month!

Shannon said...

Ooh, those sound heavenly!

Anonymous said...

These look SO good...I will have to make them soon!

marae said...

ummm . YUM!!! those look amazing! and what do you know, i have been playing around with pumpkin cupcakes lately and i have some puree in the fridge left.. mmm.

Cat said...

I've been asked to make something pumpkin for a birthday in Nov. I'm either making a pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing or these pumpkin brownies, then icing them with my decorator tips. Would this work well in a large cookie pan. I have Wilton's and it's 11.5in. across. Thank you. Sew@q.com

Georgette said...

I am definitely going to make these. I love chocolate and I love pumpkin spice!

Steph said...

I want to make these really badly? I wonder if the 1/4 cup can be omitted or will the pumpki not mix with the brownie mixture? They look fabulous!!

Jena said...

I tried these today, omitting the nuts since I had none. Very moist and delish, with a slight little kick from the cayenne. Even my 3 picky kids and no-sweet-tooth husband loved them!

Jena said...

this morning i decided these needed more chocolate, so i frosted them with dark chocolate buttercream. yum!