Pumpkin Brownies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/3 cup brown sugar (domino "brown-u-lated" really works best for this)
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons applesauce
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 ounce bittersweet baking chocolate (not unsweetened, recipe originally called for 1 tsp cocoa powder)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips (you can use milk chocolate chips too, but i find that dark really gives a nice note to the pumpkin!)

Recipe

• 1 grease a square 8x8 pan with cooking spray.
• 2 blend the pumpkin, sugar, egg and egg whites, and applesauce until smooth.
• 3 add the flour, baking powder, salt, (and cocoa powder if using that method); blend until smooth.
• 4 melt the chocolate (i put the the 1-oz square in a small dish and microwaved on high for 30 seconds) and blend it into the mixture, incorporate completely.
• 5 add the spices and fully blend them inches.
• 6 mix in the chocolate chips, then spread the mixture evenly into the pan. you might need a rubber scraper to do this.
• 7 bake at 350. depending on your oven strength, bake for 20-30 minutes or until completely set. (my convection oven only needed 20 minutes.) cut into squares, 4x4 to yield 16 brownies.