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Christmas Brownie Trees

16 brownies
Easy
75
Spread joy and good tidings throughout the holiday season with these festive treats.
Ingredients
How to Prepare
Recipe Tips
As a variation, substitute pretzel sticks for candy canes.
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Ingredients

Brownies
0.75 cupcocoa powder
0.33 cupall-purpose flour
0.25 cupDr. Oetker Cornstarch
0.5 tspDr. Oetker Baking Powder
8 ozbittersweet chocolate finely chopped
1 cupunsalted butter
1.75 cupgranulated sugar
1 packageDr. Oetker Vanilla Sugar
4eggs
1 cuppecans chopped
0.66 cupwhite chocolate chips
Assembly
1 cupIcing sugar, sifted and divided
1 packageDr. Oetker Vanilla Sugar
2 tbspcandy sprinkles
candy canes

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1

Brownies

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease and line 13- x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan with enough parchment paper to overhang edges; set aside.

2

Whisk together cocoa powder, flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; set aside.

3

In heatproof bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch simmering water), melt chopped chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth.

4

Stir in granulated sugar and vanilla sugar. Stir in eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated after each addition. Stir in flour mixture; fold in pecans and white chocolate chips.

5

Transfer to prepared pan; smooth top. Bake for about 25 minutes or until only a few moist crumbs adhere to toothpick when inserted into center of brownie.

6

Assembly

Mix together icing sugar, vanilla sugar and 4 tsp (20 mL) water to make thick paste; transfer to piping bag fitted with small round tip (or spoon into small resealable plastic bag, then snip bottom corner).

7

Cut brownie into 16 triangles; decorate with icing and sprinkles. Break candy canes into 16 (1 1/2 -inch/4 cm) lengths. Insert piece of candy cane into base of each tree to resemble tree trunks.

  • As a variation, substitute pretzel sticks for candy canes.