Description
Create festive Brownie Christmas Trees with this easy recipe featuring chewy brownies stacked with green buttercream frosting, holiday sprinkles, and star toppers. Perfect for holiday gatherings and sweet celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Brownie Base
- 1 box brownie mix any brand, baked and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons water
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
- green food coloring
Decoration
- Holiday sprinkles
- Yellow star decorations
- Disposable piping bag
- Wilton Star tip 1m
- 3 round cookie/biscuit cutters in varying sizes
Instructions
- Prepare the Frosting: In a mixing bowl, combine the powdered sugar, softened butter, and vanilla extract. Slowly add 1 tablespoon of milk at a time, mixing well until the frosting reaches a smooth, pipe-able consistency. Add green food coloring to tint the frosting to your desired shade.
- Prepare the Piping Bag: Attach the Wilton Star tip 1m to the disposable piping bag and fill it with the green frosting, ensuring no air bubbles remain.
- Cut Brownie Shapes: Using the three round cookie cutters of varying sizes, gently cut out circles from the cooled baked brownie to create layered pieces for the Christmas trees.
- Assemble the Trees: Starting with the largest brownie circle, pipe green frosting onto its top surface. Stack the medium-sized brownie on top followed by more frosting, then finish with the smallest brownie piece, using frosting to glue each layer.
- Decorate the Tops: Pipe a final layer of frosting on the top brownie to represent the treetop. Place a yellow star decoration on top and sprinkle holiday sprinkles over the frosting to decorate the tree.
- Repeat Assembly: Continue assembling and decorating the rest of the brownies following the same steps until all are transformed into festive Brownie Christmas Trees.
Notes
- Ensure brownies are completely cooled before cutting to prevent crumbling.
- The frosting consistency should be thick enough to hold the shape but soft enough to pipe smoothly.
- You can substitute vegetable oil with melted butter in the brownie mix for richer flavor.
- If you don’t have cookie cutters, use a knife to carefully cut circles in decreasing sizes.
- Store assembled brownie trees in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie tree
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
