Oh dear.
Emily’s and my new home is quickly becoming the “hang out after work” place for a lot of our friends. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they know we will always have food? In any case, this new trend works out great; it means more taste testers!
Today, in preparation for whomever might happen to show up tonight after work, I made brownies.
Pumpkin brownies.
Chocolate pumpkin brownies.
Above, topped with my favorite Ice Cream Recipe – {no heavy cream or eggs}
Sweet pumpkin, rich chocolate, and creamy vanilla. What more could you possibly ask for? Except maybe a fork.
And a napkin.
Chocolate Pumpkin-Pie Brownies
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup ww pastry or white, spelt, or oat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cup sugar or xylitol (or 1 c maple syrup or agave: it’ll be a bit less cakey with liquid sweetener)
- pinch uncut stevia, or 2 more tbsp agave or sugar
- 1 cup canned pumpkin (or pureed pumpkin or sweet potato)
- 6 tbsp oil (You can omit, but be warned: the brownies will be gummy)
- 4 tbsp milk of choice
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips (not optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 330 F. Combine dry ingredients, and mix very well. Combine wet ingredients, then mix into dry. Pour into a greased 8-inch pan. Cook for about 23 minutes. I’m not sure why this is the case, but these brownies seem to taste ten times sweeter if you don’t eat them for at least two hours after they come out of the oven!
Emily and I have been alone in the house with the brownies all day. I’m afraid there might not be any left by the time my friends arrive. Poor friends; I told them there’d be brownies.
I need an excuse to explain all these missing brownies…
What about: My little brother came by with his entire football team, and they ate all the brownies before I got a chance to stop them. That’s a good excuse, right? Only, I don’t have a little brother. Does someone want to lend me a little brother? I promise I’ll give him back!
P.S. My leftover pumpkin will be used for this: Homemade Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cereal.
It’s still one of my favorite breakfasts!
Claire @ Live and Love to Eat says
Loved your chocolate cake for one recipe – I’m sure these are just as good!
Ali @ Peaches and Football says
Love the “Italian grandma” reference. I love cooking for people too! But sometimes I think they prefer bags of chips and *gasp* store-bought cookies. Seriously, what is WRONG with some people! 😉
A good excuse: There was a knock on the door, the fragrant smell of pumpkin pie brownies wafting out the door attracted the notice of others and they needed a sample – and you had to help them out!
Charissa says
Oh my. Methinks I’ll be making these once I’m home!
Thanks again for the awesome guest post today! It looks so great!
Qi Ting @ Misadventures of Fat Free Baking says
You can have my little brother! We can share 🙂 These photos are one of your best yet!!!!! Gorgeous!
Charissa says
Methinks I’m going to make this once I come home…
Thanks again for the awesome guest post today…looks SO great!
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says
Delish! ….I’m going to pin this and make it this weekend!
Annie @ Naturally Sweet Recipes says
Oh those look so dense and fudgy! You don’t need an excuse Katie, be proud you make such awesome brownies! 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
lizzie says
katie those look so yummmy! you always make me drool over my keyboard!
Ruthiey says
I have two little brothers! You can borrow them! They’d probably eat two batches of your brownies!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Haha two brothers… that might just work ;).
kristin says
The trick is to make it look like you haven’t had any to begin with! Don’t cut out a square, shave off a thin slice from the whole, straight across. No one will notice.
Megan says
YES! I am so excited you created this recipe! I always gawked at Isa’s pumpkin pie brownie recipe, but it is loaded with sugar. I love this pumpkin theme you are on!
Char @ www.charskitchen.ca says
Oh yum!! I will be baking these later on today. One major thing I love about your recipes is that I always seem to have ’em on hand 🙂 except for occasionally, when I need to go pick up silken tofu or something 😀 I have your cookie dough boatmeal in the toaster oven right meow!! I’m sooo hooked on it! (as of yesterday morning, hehe.)
I don’t normally try to pimp out my page, but you HAVE to see my post today!! It’s Dark Chocolate Linguini with Caramelized Bananas, Soy Vanilla Ice Cream, & Raspberries! If anyone would appreciate Dark Chocolate Linguini, I know it’s you 😉
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Haha sounds good! You had me at chocolate!
Lauren W says
Anything chocolate and pumpkin is yummy! Happy long weekend! 🙂 These are the perfect food for a winter get together….must make plans then.
Aja says
You can borrow my little brother. Except he’s in the 6th grade and not on the football team yet.
Emily @ Glitz Glam Granola says
Ohh chocolate + pumpkin + vanilla? This sounds like an awesome mix!! You have some very lucky taste tester friends!! I think it’s all in how you plate them and you can make it look like there are more than there really are… plus, they don’t have to know you actually made a large pan full 😉
katie @KatieDid says
Lucky friends you have! And these look so moist which I LOVE- no cakey brownies for me!
Val says
I’m with you on that one! For me, a brownie has got to be moist, dense and ooey gooey fudgy. If I want a ‘cake-like’ brownie, then I’ll just have a slice of cake! (..and then maybe a brownie =P)
Alyssa says
OK, that’s it: I’m flying down to visit my brother & family in Houston, then I’m taking their car & coming to your place for a visit!
(Just kidding, I won’t darken your doorstep.) 🙂
Maddie says
Easy! Just say you burned them. Once you say the “B” word, no one will question you further – works like a charm!
qq:) says
i made coffee muffins today~!
Kit-Kat says
Say that Batman ate the brownies….. and if people say that chocolate is not good for dogs, say that your baking is so healthy that he’s immune to the high intoxicating chocolate levels in dogs. :~)
Yum! Pumpkin! Any member of the squash family is an any time of year favorite of mine!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Haha too bad Batman still lives at my parents’ house. But he DID manage to eat a chocolate cookie once when we first got him… and he was perfectly fine afterwards! Just maybe a little extra energetic!
Lauren (Diary of a Vegan Girl) says
Thank you!
Crystal says
They may not believe you, but you can say they really didn’t turn out so you threw them away, but I didn’t have time/ingredients/whatever to try and make more.
Nicole @ Giraffelegs says
Just when I think you can’t outdo yourself…you prove me wrong.
Liz @ Tip Top Shape says
Haha, I would eat all of this too! It looks fantastic!!
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
Haha I love the Italian grandmother thing – probably true! You could say that a flock of birds swooped in the door when you opened it up and ate the brownies! Or you could just hid the evidence and pretend they never existed in the first place.
Kathy says
You should say that while you guys were taking a nap, your pups came and ate it all! :] that’s good right? ^^;;
Emma (Sweet Tooth Runner) says
YES these look AMAZING!! I am making these TONIGHT Katie! 😀
Rande @ The Vegetable Centric Kitchen says
You’re on a roll with the pumpkin lately! I also think Vanilla Ice Milk is the perfect name for that vanilla ice cream!
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How about: they were super delicious and I couldn’t help myself so I ate them all!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
Cracking open a can of pumpkin for this 😀