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Christmas Tree Brownies


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Description

Whether celebrating the holidays at home or on the road, our coffee-infused Christmas Tree Brownies will keep you in the festive spirit.


Ingredients

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For the Brownies

  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 cups chopped dark chocolate
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon coffee powder
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp salt

For the Icing

  • 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 67 drops food coloring, liquid green

Instructions

For the Brownies

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F / 200 degree C.

  2. Grease 8 x 8-inch baking tray with butter and line with parchment paper. Set aside.

  3. Take a large microwave-safe bowl and melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave at 30 seconds intervals or using a double boiler.

  4. You can either melt them separately or together.

  5. In another large bowl, add the brown sugar & eggs and whisk them until they’re properly blended.

  6. Next, add in melted chocolate & butter mixture to sugar & eggs mixture and again whisk for another 4 to 5 minutes or until they’re combined properly to form a wet mixture.

  7. Sift the flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking powder, and into the wet mixture.

  8. Add the coffee powder.

  9. Gently fold until everything is mixed nicely and the batter is smooth with no lumps.

  10. Pour the brownie batter into the prepared baking tray and smoothen the batter into an even layer using a spatula.

  11. Bake in preheated oven just until the batter set, i.e. about 25-30 minutes (A toothpick inserted might have a hint of sticky batter but that’s fine, be careful not to over-bake).

  12. Let it cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into triangles.

For the Icing

  1. Add powdered sugar to the whipping cream and whip until you see soft peaks.

  2. Add green food color to it and mix well.

  3. Transfer the cream to a piping bag and squeeze it on top of brownies triangles (As in the pictures).

  4. Sprinkle stars on top, inset a stick carefully at the base and then chill them for some time to let the icing set (1 hr – preferably) or serve them immediately.