Squash Brownies With Chocolate Swirl Topping

Total Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup squash, cooked, mashed (any kind except spaghetti squash)
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup toasted nuts
• 125 g cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 brownies:.
• 3 in a large bowl, stir together squash, brown sugar, buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
• 4 in a separate bowl, stir or sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt; stir into squash mixture until combined. stir in nuts. spread into greased 13x9 inch pan.
• 5 chocolate swirl topping:.
• 6 in a small bowl, cream together cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla; stir in chocolate chips. set aside.
• 7 drop topping by heaping 1 tablespoons onto batter. swirl into batter with knife. bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes or until tester comes out clean. let cool; cut into desired size.