“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 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.
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HOW TO MAKE BROWNIES LIKE CHRISTMAS TREE
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.
TIPS FOR MAKING PERFECT BROWNIES
- 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 AND 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.
Equipment
- Sauce Pan
- Baking Tray
- oven
Ingredients
FOR BROWNIE BATTER
- 1 cup all purpose flour / maida 120 grams
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 3 large egg
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cup sugar 250 grams
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 50 grams
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
FOR FROSTING
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp green food colouring
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a 13x9 inch baking tray with parchment paper.
- Take butter in a sauce pan. Melt it gently.
- Add in sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla and mix well.
- Add in egg and whisk till combined.
- Add in salt, baking powder, flour and mix well.
- Add in chocolate chips and mix well.
- Spoon it into the baking pan. Spread evenly. Bake for 25 to 30 mins.
- Remove from oven and cool it completely.
- Cut in the middle, slice it into triangles.
- Now make butter cream. Cream together butter, icing sugar, vanilla and food colour till creamy.
- Fill piping bag with the cream.
- Now decorate the tree with this cream and decorate with sprinkles.
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Notes
- 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 AND 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.Nutrition
Pictorial:
1)Take butter in a sauce pan.
2)Heat it gently so butter is melted completely.
3) Now add in sugar
4)Add in vanilla extract
5)Mix it well so it combined.
6)Add in cocoa powder
7)Mix well
8)Add in eggs
9)Mix well.
9)Add in salt
10)Add in baking powder
11)Add in flour
12)Mix well till the batter is done.
13)Add in chocolate chips
14)Mix well
15)Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
16)Pour batter in
17)Spread evenly
18)Bake till done.
19)Slice it in the middle.
20)Slice it into triangles
21)Like this.
22)Now make buttercream. Take butter in a bowl
23)Add in icing sugar
24)Mix till creamy
25)Add green food colour and vanilla extract.
26)Mix well
27)Buttercream is done.
28)Now fill the piping bag with buttercream.
29)Decorate it as you wish
30)Like this.
31)Stick a straw inside the tree, you could use a candy cane instead of straw.
32)Decorate it using sprinkles
33)Enjoy
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