We love baking - especially during the holidays. Now that one of my daughters is 15, she's always in the kitchen baking something. She wanted to make brownies but wanted to give them a holiday look so they quickly became Santa hats and turned out so cute.
You can use any brownie recipe, brownie mix, or even pre-made brownies to get started. We used a brownie mix this time. You could decorate them as Christmas trees as well.
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Brownies
- Make your brownies as instructed in recipe or box mix.
- Cut the brownies into squares or rectangles and then into triangles.
- Use your icing to decorate
Icing
- Make icing* using 2/3 cup powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon milk. If it is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar, if it's too thick, add a little more milk until you reach desired consistency.
- Add coloring to make 2/3 of icing red for Santa hats (or all green for Christmas trees). Leave the remaining icing white.
- Drizzle (easiest to use a butter knife or spoon) the colored icing back and forth across the brownie.
- For the bottom and top with white icing, it's easiest to use a piping bag with small tip or even a plastic zipper bag. Add a white ball and fur trim for Santa hat.
- Refrigerate for 15 minutes to help icing set.
*Icing alternative - you can use a buttercream recipe if you prefer a thicker icing.
