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1/2 pumpkin / 1/2 peanut butter-chocolate brownies

smonfils avatar
Recipe by
sherry monfils
@smonfils
worcester, MA

Myself, my hubby, and one of my granddaughters love my dense, full of chocolate and creamy peanut butter brownies, while others in the family love the pumpkin- chocolate brownies. So I decided to make a pan with both flavors divided. Hmm... hard to decide, no?

yield 30 bar(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For 1/2 pumpkin / 1/2 peanut butter-chocolate brownies

  • 1/2 c
    softened salted butter
  • 1-3/4 c
    sugar
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 4 lg
    eggs, room temperature
  • 1 c
    all purpose flour
  • 3/4 c
    good quality baking cocoa
  • 1/2 c
    creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 c
    unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 c
    100% pure pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 c
    good quality dark chocolate baking chips
  • 1/4 c
    pumpkin spice baking chips
  • 8 oz
    favorite chocolate frosting

How To Make 1/2 pumpkin / 1/2 peanut butter-chocolate brownies

  • 1
    Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs together until combined. Beat in the flour. Slowly beat in the baking cocoa. Divide the batter into 2 medium bowls.
  • 2
    Spoon the creamy peanut butter into the chocolate mix in one of the bowls. Beat on med-low just until combined. Spread the peanut butter-chocolate mix into 1 half of a cooking sprayed ,13 x 9 baking pan. Smooth it out. Spoon the applesauce and pumpkin into the chocolate mix in the second bowl. Beat on low just until combined. Spoon the pumpkin-chocolate mix into other half of baking pan, smooth out.
  • 3
    Bake or 20 minutes, turning the pan halfway through. After 20 minutes, check for doneness with a toothpick. The toothpick will still be a little moist. Sprinkle the dark chocolate chips on the top of peanut butter-chocolate half. Sprinkle the pumpkin baking chips on the other half. Bake an additional 10 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick. There will still be a little of the batter clinging but it shouldn't be too moist. Let cool 10 minutes. Add the frosting to a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 30 seconds or until smooth. Whisk to make sure it's smooth and then drizzle the frosting over all the brownies. You may want to cut the brownies before frosting to make it easier. Enjoy!
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