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Cooking with Grandma: MacKenna and Grandma Create Christmas Tree Brownies

How to Create Christmas Tree Brownies


1. Gather your ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter (melted)
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup self-raising flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
  • 1 tub Betty Crocker vanilla icing
  • M&M’s
  • Other candies for decoration

 

 

 

 


2. Bake the brownies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 
  • Beat sugar and eggs together in a bowl until light and fluffy
  • Beat in flour, melted butter, cocoa, and vanilla until well combined
  • Pour into cake tin-bake for 25-30 minutes
  • Let cool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


3. Decorate 

  • Slice into 8 wedges
  • Place vanilla icing in ziplock back
    • Cut a hole in the corner of the bag
    • Squeeze and spread onto brownies
  • Place piece of candy cane in bottom of each triangle to create stump
  • Decorate however you’d like

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


4. Enjoy (recommended with hot cocoa)