Christmas Tree Brownies

Turn your favourite brownie recipe into a festive delight!

Key Details

  • Serves: 8
  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

  • 120g 70% dark chocolate
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (or bean paste if you have it)
  • 100g plain flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 75g chocolate chips
  • 75g royal icing sugar
  • green natural gel food colouring
  • sprinkles, to decorate

  • 120g 70% dark chocolate
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (or bean paste if you have it)
  • 100g plain flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 75g chocolate chips
  • 75g royal icing sugar
  • green natural gel food colouring
  • sprinkles, to decorate

Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6.

Melt your chocolate and butter together over a bain-marie. Once melted, set aside to cool a little.

Whisk your sugar and eggs together until light and fluffy. Add your vanilla, golden syrup and melted chocolate/butter and stir until combined.

Sift in your plain flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, salt and chocolate chips and fold in until you have a glossy, fudgy chocolate batter.

Grease a baking tin and pour in your batter. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Cut the cooled brownie cake into 12 triangular tree-shaped wedges.

Mix the icing sugar with 1-2 teaspoons of water, and a squirt of colouring gel, to make a thick but runny icing. Drizzle or pipe over the brownie triangles in a zigzag pattern. Scatter with the sprinkles and tah dah!

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