Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies

easy Christmas dessert recipe
Easy Christmas dessert recipe
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Ingredients

For brownies:
150 g Dark chocolate cook’s Belgian dark chocolate, 76% cocoa solids, roughly chopped
150 g Unsalted butter
3 Large eggs
125 g Caster sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 Clementine zest and juice
3 tbsp Port
¼ tsp Cinnamon ground
a good pinch of Ground cloves
several gratings Nutmeg
100 g All-purpose flour
¼ tsp Baking powder
To decorate:
75 g Powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp Gold and silver star sprinkles
12 Cadbury chocolate fingers optional

Nutritional information

315
calories
17g
fat
35g
carbohydrates
4g
protein
27g
sugar
1g
fiber
Ingredients
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Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies

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These Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies are unbeatable this Christmas. They are infused with warm, seasonal spices and a dash of port. These brownies are one of my favorite recipes for Christmas desserts and they are easy to make too! Don’t worry if you don’t have any port, you can substitute with mulled wine or red wine.

Start by melting butter and chocolate over a bowl of hot water. Beat eggs, caster sugar, and vanilla extract and add the clementine zest and juice, port and spices. Mix until just combined. Combine with the dry ingredients before transferring to a baking pan. Bake the brownies in the oven. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Decorate the brownies with icing zig zags and star-shaped sprinkles. Add a chocolate finger to make the trunk and serve once the icing has set!

To make Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingridiens for Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies

Steps to make Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies

1

Heat oven and prepare pan

5

Preheat the oven to 355 °F. Line a 9-inch round springform baking pan with parchment paper.

2

Melt butter and chocolate

20

Place 150 grams each of butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, stir until smooth and set aside to cool for 20 minutes.

3

Beat eggs and sugar

2

In a large bowl, beat 3 large eggs, 125 grams of caster sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract using a wooden spoon. Add the zest and juice of 1 clementine, 3 tablespoons of port, ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, a good pinch of ground cloves, and several gratings of nutmeg and beat until just combined.

4

Mix dry ingredients

1

Sift 100 grams of flour, ¼ teaspoon of baking powder and ½ teaspoon salt into a separate bowl.

5

Combine chocolate mixture with beaten eggs

2

Mix the cooled melted chocolate mixture with the beaten egg mixture.

6

Add the dry ingredients

2

Fold in sifted flour and mix until fully incorporated.

7

Transfer the mixture to the baking pan

1

Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking pan.

8

Bake

20

Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes. Remove from the oven when the mixture is set on top but still slightly sticky in the center.

9

Leave to cool

20

Leave the brownies to cool completely in the pan.

10

Cut into triangles

2

Once cool, remove the brownies from the pan and cut into triangular Christmas tree shapes.

11

Make icing

2

Mix 75 grams of powdered sugar with 2 teaspoons of water. If it’s too thick, add a drop or two more water to make a runny icing.

12

Decorate

3

Drizzle the icing over the brownies in a zigzag pattern. Sprinkle the star sprinkles over the top and insert a chocolate finger into the base of the triangle to create a tree trunk.

13

Serve

Serve once the icing has set.

These Spiced Christmas Tree Brownies really look the part this Christmas. Try making these delicious tree brownies soon and please come back to let me know what you think.

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Athina

Gorgeous and delicious brownies!

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