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Frosted Pumpkin Brownies

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Keyword: brownie, brownies, chocolate, chocolate chip, cosmic brownie, easy recipes, fall baking, gluten-free, healthy, low sugar, pumpkin, skinny
Servings: 16
Calories: 105kcal

Ingredients

Brownie Batter

  • 1 cup pumpkin puree (240 g) sub mashed bananas
  • 1 egg beaten sub flax egg
  • 3 tbsp butter, melted (42 g) sub plant-butter or nut/seed butter if desired
  • 2 tbsp any milk, or water (30 g) I use unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar (96 g)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup flour (60 g) gf all purpose if desired
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder (48 g)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (120 g)
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips (90 g)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F and line an 8×8 baking dish with parchment.
  • Blend together pumpkin puree, egg, butter, milk, sugar, vanilla.
  • Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt.
  • Combine the two without overmixing. Pour into pan and bake for 20 minutes. Let this cool while preparing the frosting.
  • Gently warm pumpkin puree in the microwave without cooking it (just warm enough to melt chocolate, about 30 sec - 1 min).
  • Add the chocolate chips and stir together until all the chocolate is melted and the mixture turns into a thick frosting. Microwave again if needed.
  • Frost the cooled brownie base and (optional) add sprinkles. Let the frosted brownies set in the fridge at least 30 minutes.
  • Slice and enjoy!

Notes

  • Keep leftovers refrigerated or frozen. I had one thawed from frozen today and it was perfect!
  • This recipe is that it's 1/4 cup of pumpkin puree short of using a whole can of pumpkin. So if you don't want to use your 1/4 cup in something else (I'm looking at you pumpkin overnight oats!) just fold it into the frosting and/or brownie layer (if you add it to the brownie layer maybe omit the milk). It should be pretty close! In fact, I'm going to try this :)

Nutrition

Serving: 1 brownie | Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 100mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 3670IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg