Ingredients for - Christmas Brownies
How to cook deliciously - Christmas Brownies
1. Stage
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8-inch square pan.
2. Stage
Melt butter in a large saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat in flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
3. Stage
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes.
4. Stage
Meanwhile cream shortening for frosting until fluffy. Gradually add confectioner's sugar and continue beating until creamy and well blended. Add 3 ounces cream, vanilla, and salt and blend on low speed until moistened. Add up to 1 more ounce cream if necessary. Beat on high speed until frosting is fluffy.
5. Stage
Transfer 1/2 of the frosting into another bowl and mix in green gel food coloring to get your preferred shade of green.
6. Stage
Use a tree-shaped cookie cutter to cut out 8 Christmas trees from the pan of cooled brownies.
7. Stage
Pipe green and white frostings onto cooled brownies to look like snow-covered trees. Decorate with candies.
