We had some pureed pumpkin left over from Halloween and thought we should put it to good use. And boy did we ever! These Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl Brownies will have you buying pumpkin year round!
First for the brownie batter you will need…
3/4 cup (150 mL) butter, melted
1 cup (250 mL) Redpath White Granulated sugar
1 tbsp (15 mL) vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup (125 mL) all purpose flour
1/2 cup (125 mL) unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
1/2 tsp (2 mL) cinnamon
Now for the cheesecake batter:
6 oz (180 mL) cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/3 cup (75 mL) Redpath White Granulated sugar
2 tbsp (10 mL) flour
1/2 cup (125 mL) pumpkin puree
1/4 tsp (1 mL) vanilla
1/2 tsp (2 mL) Redpath cinnamon sugar from the Redpath Cinnamon Sugar Shaker
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each ground ginger and ground cloves
Preheat oven to 350F (177 C). Grease an 8×8″ (20×20 cm) or an 11×7″ (27×17 cm) baking pan.
First we made the brownie batter… yum. The cinnamon really adds a kick to this fudgey goodness!
Beat together melted butter, Redpath white granulated sugar, and vanilla, then beat in eggs one at a time. Combine dry ingredients in small bowl, and then gradually stir into butter mixture by hand.
Next for the cheesecake… mmmm…
In another bowl, beat cream cheese and Redpath white granulated sugar until smooth. Beat in remainder of ingredients until its all smooth!
Spread about 2/3 of chocolate batter into prepared pan. Then spread the pumpkin cheesecake batter over top! Try not to mix the two, we’re going for a marble effect!
Drop the remaining brownie batter over cheesecake batter. To make the swirls, run a butter knife back and forth through the pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, ours took a little less time since we used a larger pan. Check on them with a toothpick, when it comes out of the centre clean, you know its ready! Another technique is nudging the pan, if the centre doesn’t giggle, your probably close to being done!
The recipe suggested cooling completely and chilling before cutting and serving. Of course we couldn’t wait that long before tasting these tasty treats. But they do taste even better cooled, if you can imagine that! So just be sure to save some 
