Pumpkin Brownies with Vanilla Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce

Cooking With Rania - "Halloween Recipes"
KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live 10/19/2011

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Pumpkin Brownies with Vanilla Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup unsalted butter - room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup cream cheese - room temperature
2 tablespoons sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon heavy cream

Vanilla ice cream (Click for homemade recipe)
Caramel sauce (warmed)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees - grease an eight-inch square glass baking dish beat butter with brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and blend well. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger - blend well. Beat in pumpkin and nuts - spread batter into prepared pan. Mix cream cheese with sugar, egg yolk and heavy cream - drop cream cheese mixture by spoonfuls on top of the batter. Using a knife - swirl cheese mixture into batter. Bake for 35 minutes (until brownies test done).

To serve: Place warm brownie squares on a plate - top with a scoop of ice cream and drizzle warm caramel sauce on top.

Serves: 10