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When it comes to crowd-pleasing foods, brownies are always a safe bet. This recipe combines the chocolately goodness of traditional brownies with a signature flavor of the season: pumpkin. Whip up a batch for your Halloween or Thanksgiving gathering and watch how quickly they disappear!

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
6 T. butter
2 eggs
3/4 c. cocoa
½ c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin (16 oz. can)
1 cup chocolate chips
2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan.
Cream butter and brown sugar together, beat in eggs one at a time and then pumpkin, beating until smooth.  Stir in cocoa, flour and baking powder.  Mix in vanilla and chocolate chips.  Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes.  When cool, sift powdered sugar over top and cut into squares.  Makes 16.