My quest for easy christmas dessert recipes continues with these Christmas Tree Brownies with hazelnuts. This was just my basic fudge brownie recipe with added chopped, toasted hazelnuts.
Easy Christmas Dessert Recipes : Christmas Tree Brownies : The Process
This recipe is a little bit like my cosmic brownies or halloween brownies in that it’s a chewy fudge brownie with a frosting on top but these are not just a typical square brownie. They are cut into triangles and decorated to look like christmas trees.
Typically, when making brownies, a huge tip that I would give is to make sure you don’t over mix the batter when the eggs go in so you get that shiny and papery top but where we are topping these with frosting anyway, it isn’t as necessary. Really, this step is just for esthetic purposes anyway so it isn’t crucial.
Easy Christmas Dessert Recipes : Christmas Tree Brownies : Decoration
The decoration of these brownies too make them look like christmas trees is really up to you. I used these little colored sprinkles that are filled with chocolate. But I’ll give you some examples.
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Christmas Tree Brownies with Hazelnuts
A dense and fudgey chocolate brownie decorated with frosing to look like christmas trees.
Ingredients
Brownies
- 1 Recipe for my fudge brownies
- 1 Cup of Chopped Hazelnuts
Frosting
- 2 Cups of Confectioners Sugar
- 1 stick of Butter
- Enough heavy cream to thin frosting out to your liking
- 3 drops of red food coloring
For Decoration
- Circular Sprinkles
Instructions
For Brownies
- Preheat the oven to 350• and prepare an 8x8 inch baking pan by spraying it with non stick spray and lining it with parchment paper one way and then the other with parchment paper, spraying in between so that the parchment paper sticks to itself.
- Start by melting the chocolate and butter over a double boiler.
- Pour the melted chocolafte and butter mixture into a large bowl.
- Add in the sugars to the chocolate and stir to combine. Then let the mixture cool to room temperature before the next step.
- Add the eggs one at a time and stir between each addition.
- Sift in the cocoa powder flour, and salt and stir to combine.
- Add in the vanilla extract and instant espresso powder and stir to combine.
- Lastly, fold in the hazelnuts until evenly distributed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and level it off.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out with moist crumbs but not wet batter.
Frosting
- Beat the softened butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add confectioner sugar in little by little, beating to combine before you add more.
- Add heavy cream to thin the frosting out if it's too stiff.
- Add 3 drops of green food coloring and beat to combine.
Decoration
- Spread the frosting on top of the brownies in an even layor.
- Cut the brownies into trianges.
- Decorate with sprinkes or M&M's to resemble bulbs. Store left overs in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
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