Pumpkin Spice-Chocolate Swirl Brownies

Celebrate fall and pumpkin spice season with moist and fudgy, splurge-worthy brownies.

 Are you ready for all things pumpkin with the arrival of fall?

Confession:

 I’ll pass on the pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.

I’d rather have my pumpkin delivered to me in a cake,

like Pumpkin-Chocolate Harvest Cake with Bourbon-Pecan Glaze

or Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt Cake,

both with a medley of other flavors to pair with the pumpkin.

 If I’m going to splurge as a rule, it’s going to be with chocolate. . . or French Fries :)

So I was happy to find a recipe that marries pumpkin with chocolate,

resulting in a rich, fudgy, splurge-worthy brownie!

A recipe for Pumpkin-Chocolate Brownies was in the October issue of Southern Living Magazine.

I made one substitution in an effort to lighten them up a wee bit,

 with evaporated milk for the heavy cream in the recipe.

Pumpkin Spice-Chocolate Swirl Brownies,

recipe adapted from Southern Living

Brownie Batter Ingredients

1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate morsels

1 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces

3 (1-oz.) unsweetened chocolate baking squares, chopped

3 large eggs

1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar

2 tablespoons cold brewed coffee (I used instant espresso powder)

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided

Pumpkin Spice Ingredients

1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin

3 large eggs

1/2 cup heavy cream (I substituted evaporated milk)

1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 350°. Pour water to a depth of 1 inch in the bottom of a double boiler over medium heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer. Place first 3 ingredients in top of double boiler over simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 to 6 minutes or until melted. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes.

Whisk together 3 eggs, granulated sugar, and next 2 ingredients in a large bowl. Gradually whisk warm chocolate mixture into egg mixture; cool 10 minutes.

Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Line bottom and sides of pan with parchment paper, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides. Grease and flour parchment paper.

Sift flour, baking powder, and 1/2 tsp. salt in a bowl. Whisk into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan, reserving 2/3 cup.

Whisk together pumpkin, next 4 ingredients, and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt; pour over brownie batter in pan. Top with reserved brownie batter, and swirl batters together with a knife.

Bake at 350° for 45 – 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool pan completely on wire rack. For easy cutting and the perfect slice, place brownies in refrigerator, uncovered, overnight to chill and cut when cold. When ready to cut, lift brownies from pan using parchment paper handles. Gently remove parchment paper, and cut brownies into 24 squares. Serve at room temperature.

Note: This is a fudgy brownie recipe. Fudgy brownies differ from cake-like brownies in that they do not have a specific doneness test. Bake the brownies within the time range stated in the recipe. Baking at the minimum time will produce a very moist brownie. Baking at the maximum time will produce a moist brownie, but one that is not as “wet” as the one baked at the minimum time. Bake these brownies until the pumpkin filling is “set” and if necessary, shield the brownies with foil during last bit of baking time. I used the convection setting on my oven, but bake according to your oven for best results.

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Pumpkin Spice-Chocolate Swirl Brownies

Celebrate fall and pumpkin spice season with a moist and fudgy, splurge-worthy brownie!

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time48 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: brownies, dessert, fall, pumpkin spice

Servings: 24

Ingredients

Brownie Batter Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 cup unsalted butter cut into pieces
• 3 1-oz. unsweetened chocolate baking squares, chopped
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cold brewed coffee or substitute instant espresso powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt divided

Pumpkin Spice Ingredients

• 1 15-oz. can pumpkin
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup heavy cream substitute evaporated milk if preferred
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°. Pour water to a depth of 1 inch in the bottom of a double boiler over medium heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer. Place first 3 ingredients in top of double boiler over simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 to 6 minutes or until melted. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes.
• Whisk together 3 eggs, granulated sugar, and next 2 ingredients in a large bowl. Gradually whisk warm chocolate mixture into egg mixture; cool 10 minutes.
• Grease a 13- x 9-inch baking pan. Line bottom and sides of pan with parchment paper, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides. Grease and flour parchment paper.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and 1/2 tsp. salt in a bowl. Whisk into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan, reserving 2/3 cup.
• Whisk together pumpkin, next 4 ingredients, and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt; pour over brownie batter in pan. Top with reserved brownie batter, and swirl batters together with a knife.
• Bake at 350° for 45 - 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool pan completely on wire rack. For easy cutting and the perfect slice, place brownies in refrigerator, uncovered, overnight to chill and cut when cold. When ready to cut, lift brownies from pan using parchment paper handles. Gently remove parchment paper, and cut brownies into 24 squares. Serve at room temperature.

Notes

Notes: This is a fudgy brownie recipe. Fudgy brownies differ from cake-like brownies in that they do not have a specific doneness test. Bake the brownies within the time range stated in the recipe. Baking at the minimum time will produce a very moist brownie. Baking at the maximum time will produce a moist brownie, but one that is not as “wet” as the one baked at the minimum time. Bake until the pumpkin filling is "set" and if necessary, shield the brownies with foil during last bit of baking time. I used the convection setting on my oven and to bake these brownies, but bake according to your oven for best results.

For a festive touch, use a pumpkin (without a stem or very short stem) as a pedestal and seasonal way to serve these Pumpkin Spice-Chocolate Swirl Brownies and celebrate pumpkin season!

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