Squash Brownies

Sue Lau's Note:

Stop laughing! Nobody sat on these! You're saying YOU SAT ON THE BROWNIES?!?!? Oh No!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 pan

• ½ cup butter or ½ cup margarine
• ½ cup cooking oil
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs , beaten
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups grated zucchini or 2 cups yellow squash , drained
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream butter, oil, and sugars together in a large mixing bowl; beat in eggs.
3. Add vanilla and buttermilk, stirring well.
4. In another bowl, mix together dry ingredients (except nuts and chocolate chips), then add in small amounts to the wet ingredients, stirring well after each addition.
5. Add the grated squash to the batter, and mix well.
6. Pour the batter into a greased and floured oblong 9x11 baking pan and sprinkle with nuts and chocolate chips.
7. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until it tests done.
8. Cut into squares when cool.

Reviews

[courtney thomas]

Wonderful. They have a cake-like texture. My husband loves them also. I'll try them next on my co-workers who hate vegetables. They'll never know they are eating squash.

[kels]

YUM!

[tasb]

I made these for the first time today, I quadrupled the recipe and fed it to 60 kids and staff members. The kids didn't even know they were eating zucchini all they seen was chocolate. The only changes I made were I used rice milk mixed with vinegar instead of buttermilk, 7 cups zucchini that was frozen and drained and used half whole wheat flour, they were still moist and cake-like. I didn't use the chocolate chips (didn't have any) or nuts (a nut free school). I finally made these at home. I used 1 1/2 cups whole wheat and replaced the oil with applesauce and used pecans, still no chocolate chips, they were still very cake-like, we also baked up some in the Easy Bake oven, I put 2 tablespoons of batter in each easy bake pan and baked for 8 minutes, the kids loved it.