Our last month’s blog hop got a phenomenal response. We focused on apples and over 84 recipes were linked in. If you’d like to bake with apples for the holidays then click here for cakes, muffins, savory dishes, cocktails and desserts. We’re carrying forward the delicious momentum and we’re onto #squashlove this month.
Squash is a big family, divided into two: summer and winter. The most popular ones used in day to day life are zucchini (or courgette), acorn squash, pumpkins, and butternut squash. Of course the list in endless and they can be classified into various categories and sub categories.
There are a lot of baked goods using some of or all of the above-mentioned varieties of squash in store for you this month, kickstarting with a sweet and sensational pumpkin swirl chocolate brownies.
One thing I am absolutely not going to use for #squashlove is canned pumpkin puree. I made my own and posted it earlier this week. Homemade Pumpkin Puree really makes all the difference. I highly recommend try making some too.
Onward: two absolutely perfect recipes have been combined to bake these divine brownies.
I used Dorie Greenspan’s brownie recipe, the same one I used to bake ‘Chocolate Chip Cookie Topped Brownies‘, substituting her choice with whole wheat flour. The pumpkin batter is used from the dependable Betty Crocker.
The best part of this recipe is that you can easily replace the following brownie recipe with your personal favorite. The brownies are dense, rich and a perfect marriage between chocolate and a creamy pumpkin-y cream cheese batter.
- 170 grams (6 ounces) bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 85 grams (3 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 226 grams (8 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 1⅔ cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 85 grams (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter a 9-x-13-inch baking pan. Put the pan on a baking sheet.
- Put both chocolates and the butter in a heat proof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Heat just until the ingredients are melted, stirring occasionally. Remove the bowl from the heat.
- Working with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the sugar and eggs on medium-high speed for about 2 minutes, until pale. Beat in the salt and vanilla extract.
- Reduce the speed to low, and mix in the melted chocolate and butter, mixing only until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then, still on low speed, add the flour, mixing only until its combined. Set aside.
- In small bowl, beat all filling ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Set aside.
- Spread ¾ of the batter in pan. Spoon tablespoonfuls of filling evenly over batter. Spoon remaining brownie batter over filling. Add a couple of the spoons of filling on top and cut through batter several times with knife for marbled design.
- Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted 1 inch from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely.
I’m co-hosting the blog hop with these 20 fabulous foodies. So hop along with us, bake a biscotti or cook rissotto. As long as it has a form of squash and is posted on your blog in the month of November, your entry is valid.
Meet the Co-Hosts
Baker Street | Anuradha : @bakerstreet29 Bloc De Recetas | Salomé : @blocderecetas Bon à croquer | Valerie : @valouth Cafe Terra Blog | Terra : @cafeterrablog Cake Duchess | Lora : @cakeduchess Elephant Eats | Amy Food Wanderings | Shulie : @foodwanderings Hobby and More | Richa : @betit19 Georgie Cakes | Gorgie : @georgiecakes Mike’s Baking | Mike : @mikesbaking Mis Pensamientos | Junia : @juniakk My Twisted Recipes | Dudut : @mytwistedrecipe No One Like Crumbley Cookies | T.R : @TRCrumbley Queens Notebook | Elizabeth : @mango_queen Simply Reem | Reem : @simplyreem Skip To Malou | Malou : @malou_nievera Teaspoon Of Spice | Serena : @tspcurry The Daily Palette | Annapet : @thedailypalette The Professional Palette | Regan : @profpalate The Spicy RD | EA : @thespicyrd Vegan Miam | Rika : @veganmiam
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Happy Baking!
Oh, Anuradha, these are gorgeous! Love the swirl! My son love pumpkin and has been requesting for a brownie! I’ll show him what you have done here. Thanks for sharing, and happy to be baking with you again!
An, as soon as I read the part where you said, “One thing I am absolutely not going to use for #squashlove is canned pumpkin puree” I wanted to hide behind my seat because , yes im guilty for taking the easy route of opening just a can… but hey unpacking boxes could be an excuse right haha.
love the swirls… they speak glorious autumn to me!
The brownies look delicious, awesome photos!
Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL! They look absolutely delicious!
pretty pretty swirls!.. i havent opened my pumpkin can yet.. i should be attacking it soon! heading off to sleep now before hubbs wakes up again.. we busy gals ..:) have a fun weekend!
These are really beautiful. A few years ago we would have never seen this combination of flavors. Now, it’s everywhere but everyone is doing it just a little differently. I LOVE this one because of the swirl and how absolutely moist they look. I have to try this recipe.
Wow – I never thought of combining pumpkin with brownies but you have inspired! All of your baking recipes are inspiring actually – along with the photos :)
Yay! Another canned pumpkin SquashLove dessert. I was worried my canned pumpkin might be lonely in the face of fresher squash choices. These sound delish!
It sounds so good! Somehow I just know that pumpkin and chocolate is a good combination!!! BUZZED!
Sorry for posting twice on the hop! I got an error message both times. For folks posting who clicked through FoodBuzz I’d suggest x-ing out of the FoodBuzz banner up top before trying to link up. I don’t know if I can delete my duplicate entry but I’ll try.
Your brownies look utterly delectable! I adore pumpkin brownies but haven’t made them in ages. I think I’m going to have to make a batch!
I love the colours in these brownies.
Aww girlie you are such a temptress with your desserts. That swirl looks so inviting. Yum! I wish for a brownie for breakfast!
hehehe you and me were thinking similarly! swirls with pumpkin and brownies! hehe except mine is without cocoa hehehe. love this! sending some #squashlove to you!
Good for you for making your own pumpkin puree and for using it in your recipes. These brownies look to-die-for!
Beautiful!!!!
Amazing brownies! I definitely want to try making a gluten-free version of these. Maybe we can do a swap….I’ll send you some chutney and you send me some brownies :-)
These brownies look so pretty and I bet they taste even better!
Chocolate, cheese, and pumpkin – a few of my favorite things. These brownies look incredible!
Ooh my, these look like they have my very favorite brownie consistency. Perfect, and gorgeous, with that coloring :)
Love it!! Chocolate and pumpkin… what a great combination!
Hugs
I have been loving all of the pumpkin recipes this fall but it will be nice to branch out to some other squash. I will say though I might have to do one more with these brownies. They look fantastic!
These sound wonderful! I agree that home made pumpkin puree is far more superior. In fact I often end up using squash puree instead of pumpkin because it is what I have on hand. Lovely brownies :)!
These are like the reverse, inside-out of my favorite Pumpkin Bread with chocolate chips. Fabulous idea! Nice to ‘meet’ you on #squashlove
Delicious!!!!!
God these brownies made pumpkin addition sexier….
Lovely!!!!
OMG! These look amazing! Pumpkin, chocolate, and cream cheese…are you kidding me? What gets better than that?
i love brownies! they look gorgeous! i’ll definitely make this one sometime…
canned pumpkin puree is scarce here in PH so last time I made a pumpkin soup, i made one myself. I don’t know what a canned puree tastes like so i don’t have any comparison but mine turned out to be creamy and lovely!
nice to be cooking along with you in this month’s #squashlove!
These look great!! I can’t wait to try the recipe out! YUMMM!
Wow..would love to dig into that swirly twirly brownies!
I love the appearance of these brownies! The photography is great!
And I hit the wrong stars before submitting, this should definitely be a 5Star!
I’m so happy I stumbled upon you and have the opportunity to meet all of you! I think I’m most excited on learning more about baking, cooking, mixing and combining new flavors and techniques. This brownie is a genius combination to me. I would have a very hard time sharing them.
This is a wonderful idea to use my remaining pumpink puree I made for my pumpking cupcakes, that my kids did’nt like because the spices I used (bad kinds). But, if I use the pumpink with a brownie, I know they will like it. Thanks for sharing this.
Oh this looks amazing! I love pumpkin anything. I cant wait for the next round up in Nov too!
Great brownies! I like the creamy cheese filling (and the chocolate, of course ;-)
Nice bloghop!
Great brownies! I like the creamy cheese filling (and the chocolate, of course ;-)
Nice bloghop!
I adore pumpkin and chocolate together. Your pumpkin chocolate brownies look so moist and just gorgeous. Such pretty photos. Hope you had a wonderful weekend, sweet An:)xx Yay for #squashlove !
These looks delicious!! Glad to find you through #squashlove!
Jen
These brownies look awesome! Love the pumpkin in there. Yum!
Absolutely lovely!
I always love the combination of chocolate and pumpkin. These brownies sound delicious!
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Never thought of pumpkin brownies. Perfect for this time of year!
The pumpkin swirl… It’s hypnotizing me… Bake me…. eat me, it says… I think I’m going to give in… Yea… I just have to!
Love the colours and patterns in your brownies. Yum!
Thanks for inviting me to the blog hop.
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Delicious blog hop! Squash never looked so good :)
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Hi Anu, how are you ?, I have fallen in love with your brownies, and now I have to bake them!, they look absolutely gorgeous…, of course needless to say beautiful clicks with those twirls….
I love pumpkin with brownies, such a perfect flavor combo!!! Beautiful:-) Hugs, Terra
Lovely – I love that sort of brownie!! :)
Ooh, that looks so good–the color of the pumpkin swirl is fabulous!
One word: WOW!
Ok well that just didn’t cut it. The brownie looks amazing! So pretty and filled with flavor.
Sorry, I was having issues with adding to the blog hop and it put my linky up twice.
No worries! Thanks for sharing your recipe. We’ll delete the additional entry. :)
Okay! so i baked these today and i just dropped by to say I LOVE YOU!!!!! thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe with us. I send these to my husbands office and it was a super hit with his boss.
What a great idea! Thanks for this recipe! The instructions did help me a lot! It’s easy as one two three, easier and faster.
These brownies look divine.Love the presentation as well :).Never made pumpkin puree from scratch,but will definitely try to make them now.Thanks for the inspiration :)
Ok. These are crazy good sounding. Send me some!
Can’t wait to try the brownie recipe, it looks delicious!
I just wrote a recipe/blog post on Butternut Squash and Spinach Lasagne so hop on over and take a peek!
cheers,
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