Poor brownies. amongst all the holiday cookie craziness, this beloved classic sweet gets shoved to the side. It’s time to change that. These Mint Chocolate Tannenbaum Brownies carry enough holiday spirit to match several batches of holiday cookies.
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These brownies are fudgy and chewy with just the right amount of cool mint flavor. For this purpose, I turn to a favorite extract company, Neilsen Massey. The company’s pure peppermint extract is pure heaven.
Accidents happen:
This Mint Chocolate Tannenbaum Brownies story actually was fraught with peril. However, it is my fault. This is what happens when one makes five types of cookies at once plus royal icing and brownies. Firstly, while whipping up royal icing, my kitchen aid mixer decided to fling itself off of the kitchen counter. It worked for a while afterward. Now it doesn’t. Yay! Just in time for the holidays and my baking list is long. I have a back up one, thankfully.
Secondly, when reaching for extracts for these brownies, I was also making springerle cookies. So I accidentally added anise flavor into the brownies instead of the peppermint extract. Yuck is all I can say. A complete do-over. Sometimes you need to take life one cookie recipes at a time. Not five.
Anyway, back to these Mint Chocolate Tannenbaum Brownies. Make this brownie recipe. Or your favorite or any brownie recipe. Furthermore, if you are short on time, use a mix. I won’t tell anyone. Then, when the brownies have cooled slice them into triangles.
Decorate the brownies any way you like. Be as creative as you want. I used standard holiday red, green, and white colors. However, silver and gold would be lovely or if your feeling pastels, go for it. A total pink would be pretty as well. I used royal icing and then sugar glitter, sugar pearls, and decorations.
My favorite part is how these treats stand up on their own. So cute and festive.
Chocolate Mint Tannenbaum Brownies
Ingredients
- 1+3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate cut into pieces.
- 1 cup unsalted butter cut into pieces.
- 4 eggs
- 1+1/4 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- Decorations candy pearls, sugar glitter, sprinkles, nonpareils
Instructions
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Line a 9x 13 pan with parchment paper and grease the paper and the sides of the pan.
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In a separate bowl whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt together, Set aside.
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Cut the butter into pieces.
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Melt butter and chocolate in a wide saucepan while stirring on low heat.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Beat the eggs and sugar with the whisk attachment of your mixer in a bowl for 3-4 minutes until creamy.
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Beat in the peppermint extract.
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Beat the chocolate butter immediately into the egg-sugar mixture.
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Bake for 20-25 minutes.
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Remove for the oven and cook completely.
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Cut into triangles and decorate.
Like these Mint Chocolate Tannenbaum Brownies? Also, try some of these other holiday sweets:
