Pumpkin Brownies

Ingredients

• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup butter, melted
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

• Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×8 inch baking pan. Stir the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Step 2In another bowl, stir together the melted butter, sugar, and vanilla extract; beat in the eggs one at a time with a spoon. Gradually add the flour mixture, and stir the batter until it’s evenly moistened. Divide the batter in half in two separate bowls.
• Step 3Into one bowl of batter, blend the cocoa powder and chocolate chips. In the second bowl of batter, stir in the pumpkin puree, walnuts, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
• Step 4Spread 1/2 of the chocolate batter into the bottom of the prepared baking pan, and follow with 1/2 of the pumpkin batter. Repeat the layers, ending with a pumpkin layer, and drag a kitchen knife or small spatula gently through the layers in a swirling motion, to create a marbled appearance.
• Step 5Bake in the preheated oven until the brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan, cut into squares, and serve.

ORIGINAL RECIPE