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"Christmas Tree Brownies is made extra special with a touch of buttercream and sprinkles. Make this special dessert for this christmas and your kids and family will love it."

Christmas Tree Brownies

This is a fun recipe which you can make for this christmas. Fudgy chocolate brownie cut like a tree, piped with vanilla buttercream which is dyed in green colour and decorated with christmas themed sprinkles.

This would make a great recipe for santa. Make them with your kids for more fun activity.

What is a Brownie?

A chocolate brownie is a square or rectangular chocolate baked confection. Brownies come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and their consistency can range from fudgy to cakey. Nuts, icing, cream cheese, chocolate chips, and other items may be used. A blond brownie or blondie is a version created using brown sugar and vanilla
instead of chocolate in the batter. The brownie was created in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century and became popular in the first half of the twentieth century.

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About Christmas Tree Brownies

This recipe for Christmas Tree Brownies transforms a box of brownie mix into a merry forest of Christmas tree goodies. These brownies are baked flat in a huge pan and cut into various entertaining forms, such as Christmas trees. Green icing, sprinkles, and a pretzel rod are used to make the triangles look like tree trunks. Theyre easy Christmas treats to create with kids and are sure to put a smile on your holiday guests' faces.

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Ingredients for Christmas Tree Brownies

Chocolate chips

Semisweet chocolate is the traditional chocolate chip chocolate; in fact, you can make your brownies using melted chocolate chips or chunks if you choose. Semisweet chocolate comprises roughly 40 to 60 percent cocoa solids, giving it a pleasing sweetness and a good flavour.

Unsalted butter

unsalted butter will give the dish the aeration needed for rising brownies well. If you use a cake brownie, butter is a better option because it helps rise the batter. For denser, fudge type brownies, oil is permissable.

vanilla extract

vanilla extract will bring out the chocolate flavour, and add a delicious vanilla taste to the brownies

How to Make Christmas Tree Brownies

Wet ingredients: melt butter in a sauce pan, add in sugar, vanilla, cocoa and eggs. combine together till thick and gooey.

Dry Ingredients: add in flour, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips. combine together. batter is ready.

Baking Brownie: pour the batter in the baking tray and bake the brownie till done. You have to cool the brownie till it is completely cooled.

The Frosting: prepare a simple frosting by mixing butter, confectioner sugar, vanilla and food colouring till creamy and fluffy.

Making Christmas Tree: once brownies are cooled, slice it like a tree. It is not hard, just make sure you slice them into triangles.

Decoration: decorate the brownie tree with the frosting just like christmas tree. Top with christmas themed sprinkles.

Pro Tips

You can bake the brownie in a round cake pan. So that you can easily cut it into triangles.
Decorate the tree using any sprinkles as you like.
Instead of straw you can use candy cane and stick it in the bottom.

Bake Ahead & Storage

You can bake the brownies in advance and store wrapped tightly in fridge. You can store the decorated brownies in fridge for upto a week.

Chocolate brownie is super fudgy and moist. The brownie itself is easy to make and can be transformed into any recipe.

Chocolate brownie can be stored at room temperature for 2 to 3 days. You can store it in fridge for more than a week.

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