Best Holiday Brownies Recipes

HOLIDAY TREE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, allowing some to hang over edges of pan. Grease bottom and sides of foil with shortening or cooking spray. Make brownie mix batter as directed on box. Spread in pan.
• Bake 28 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 1/2 hours. Freeze in pan 15 minutes. Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan, and peel foil away. To cut brownie into triangles, cut into 3 rows. Cut each row into 5 triangles (See More About This Recipe). Set aside leftover pieces for snacking.
• Break off curved end of candy cane; insert straight piece into bottoms of triangles to make tree trunks.
• Stir food color into frosting. Spoon frosting into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off tiny bottom corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe frosting over brownies. Sprinkle with decors.

BODACIOUS HOLIDAY BUNDT FUDGE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, pour brownie mix into bowl. Add vegetable or canola oil (or oil of your choice) to mix. Add water to mix. Add eggs to mix. Stir until mix is thick and consistent.
• Use any size bundt cake pan and use oil to grease pan and use flour to make sure brownies do not stick. When greasing and flouring the bundt cake pan is done, carefully pour mixture into bundt cake pan and smooth it out around the hole in the middle.
• Put into oven and bake around 30 minutes. Test your brownies by using a toothpick and inserting into the mix to see if it is done. It will come out clean if done with little or no residue. Remove from oven. Let it cool.
• When cool, use a plate and please wear a hand mitt to do this, and turn it over to allow it to come out of the Bundt pan and onto the place. Then use your frosting, my favorite is sour cream frosting, and frost the top of your Bundt brownie cake. Make sure to cover the entire top and around the hole in the middle.
• After done frosting, slice your chosen fruit, mine is mandarin orange slices, and place the slices in a creative way on top of the frosting, get creative and design your Bundt Brownie Cake.

HOLIDAY BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool for 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Fold in 1-1/4 cups cherries and the walnuts. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Arrange remaining cherries over top. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

HOLIDAY TREE BROWNIES

Steps:

• 1. First pre-heat the oven to 350F. Then line a 9 inch square pan with foil. Extending about 2 inches over the sides. Then grease the bottom only of the foil with cooking spray or shortening.
• 2. Next make the brownies as directed on the box. Cool fully about 1 1/2 hours. Then remove frm the pan by filling the foil sides carefully & peel away the foil. Then to cut the triangles shapes in the brownies, cut into 3 rows. Then cut each row into 5 triangles. Save the smaller pieces for snacking on later.
• 3. Then stirin the food coloring into the frosting. Then spoon the frosting into a small resealable palstic bag. partially seal the bag & cut off the tiny bottom corner of the bag. Then squeeze the bag to pipe frosting over the brownies. Then sprinkle with the decors.
• 4. Next break off the hooked part of the candy canes & insert the straight end into the bottoms of the triangles to make the tree trunks.

HOLIDAY WREATH BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of two greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment paper; grease paper., In a microwave, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and salt. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Gradually add flour, mixing well., Spread into prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., Using a 3-in. round cookie cutter, cut out the center of each brownie to form a wreath (save trimmings for another use). Tint frosting green. Frost wreaths. Use Sour Belt candies to make two bows; attach to wreaths. Decorate with nonpareils as desired. Store in an airtight container.

HOLIDAY TREE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, allowing some to hang over edges of pan. Grease bottom and sides of foil with shortening or cooking spray. Make brownie mix batter as directed on box. Spread in pan.
• Bake 28 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 1/2 hours. Freeze in pan 15 minutes. Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan, and peel foil away. To cut brownie into triangles, cut into 3 rows. Cut each row into 5 triangles (See More About This Recipe). Set aside leftover pieces for snacking.
• Break off curved end of candy cane; insert straight piece into bottoms of triangles to make tree trunks.
• Stir food color into frosting. Spoon frosting into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off tiny bottom corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe frosting over brownies. Sprinkle with decors.

HOLIDAY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan; set aside.
• Cream Cheese Filling:.
• In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer set on medium, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• Add sugar, maraschino cherry juice, and egg and beat until smooth.
• Stir in maraschino cherries; set aside.
• Brownie:.
• In a microwave safe bowl, combine butter and chocolate. Heat on medium-high setting until melted, stir until smooth; set aside to cool for 3 minutes.
• In a large bowl, beat chocolate mixture, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Gradually beat in flour and salt, scraping bowl continue to beat for 1 minute.
• Stir in chopped walnuts.
• Spread half of the batter into prepared pan.
• Spread cherry-cheese filling over batter.
• Carefully spread remaining batter over filling. Gently swirl with knife to create a marbled effect.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in middle of brownie pan.
• Cool completely before cutting into squares. Store covered in refrigerator.

HOLIDAY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Make the brownies according to the box instructions. Bake as instructed.
• As the brownies start cooling, use plastic letters or small holiday shapes and arrange them on the surface, then sprinkle white powdered sugar lightly on top.
• Remove the letters and shapes. The design will show through the sugar.