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As it’s soooo close to Christmas this year now I am SUPER excited. All my presents are wrapped, the house is decorated, and everyone is in such a lovely mood (apart from drivers.) and my Christmas baking is no closer to stopping.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I pretty much bake from the first day of November, up until New Years Eve with all things festive and delicious. I decided to post a Christmas brownie recipe, but decided that a simple triple chocolate brownie would be ideal – one that EVERYONE will love and adore – and then make it Christmassy of course.<\/p>\n
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I based the recipe around the base recipe of my triple chocolate brownies<\/a> & chocolate orange brownies<\/a> as they are both so lovely – making it simply chocolatey was easy enough – and the recipe is still yet to fail me. Don’t fix what isn’t broken, right? <\/p>\n I have seen decorations like these all over the place recently – so no, I didn’t think this idea up! I like to think I put my own twist on it, especially using my deliciously yummy recipe. I used some deliciously smooth buttercream coloured green as the colour against the brownies contrasts perfectly. I then used some Christmassy sprinkles that remind me off Christmas tree baubles finished off with a yellow M&M (or a Smartie) to resemble a star – all cute and festive and perfect. <\/p>\n I find it easier to get the tray out of the tin once it has baked, set and cooled and onto a large chopping board. I cut the tray in half, and then I cut 10 triangles out of the traybake. There are four little off cuts, but they are chef perks and you should basically just eat them. <\/p>\n I tend to push the base of the candy cane in first, and then pipe the green on top. I used a 2d closed star piping tip<\/a> for the green and then some more bauble like sprinkles as they are cute and colourful. You can buy some moulds that will make a triangle shape for your brownie anyway, but using a square tray works for me.<\/p>\n After having a look on Pinterest recently, I have seen people use Cadburys chocolate fingers as the stumps\/trunks, or anything else tasty. I use candy canes because I adore the mintiness, but this isn’t to everyone’s tastes.<\/p>\n Something such as Cadbury’s Flakes would probably be a smidge too delicate, but anything else you fancy will do. With one batch, I even used a liquorice flyer style sweet as the trunk part – I am not joking when I say you can really make these your own! <\/p>\n You can also flavour the bake in different ways by using orange, almond, lemon, or whatever you fancy – it’s up to you! <\/p>\n For me, baking at Christmas time is a must. However, I completely understand its a very stressful time of year for a lot of families be it with work, family, or just because you love a last minute panic. Check out some of my other Christmas recipes<\/a> for a stress free but yummy festive period. <\/p>\n\n
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