Christmas Tree Brownies

Kate's Safe & Sweet - Christmas Tree Brownies

Christmas tree brownies are SO EASY and don’t they look adorable?!  These are a fun holiday treat dressed in colored frosting and sprinkled with fun colorful sprinkles. Our trees are top 14 allergen free, gluten free, and vegan.

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You’ll need our double chocolate brownie mix (which requires just oil and water to bake) and our vanilla frosting mix for frosting the brownies.

Let’s get to it! The first step to making these is to gather all your ingredients and supplies.

Christmas Tree Brownies

Tools Needed:

  • Mixing bowl(s)
  • Spatula
  • Measuring cups
  • Baking pan
    • we used a larger 13″x7″ sheet pan
  • Non-stick cooking spray
  • Parchment paper
  • Christmas Tree cookie cutter
  • Piping Bags
  • Piping Tips
  • Food Coloring of your choice (Color Garden is available here)
  • Candy canes (you can also use pretzels)

Brownie Ingredients Needed:

(above amounts are what is need to make a full batch.  If you are making a half batch adjust ingredient measurements as needed per packaging.)

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients Needed:

  • Kate’s Safe & Sweet Vanilla Frosting Mix
  • 1/2 cup butter of choice
  • 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
  • 3-4 tablespoons of your safe milk

You may use 3/4 cup of your safe butter if you don’t want to use shortening.

(above amounts are what is need to make a full batch.  If you are making a half batch adjust ingredient measurements as needed per packaging.)

Brownie Mix Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly spray the side of the pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. If using a larger pan, line with parchment paper.
  3. In a medium bowl, blend the brownie mix, water, and oil together until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
  4. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Note: batter will be thick.
  5. Bake on middle rack as follows:

BAKING TIMES for a full batch:

9” x 9” pan 29-32 minutes

11” x 7” pan 27-30 minutes

13″ x 7″ pan 25-27 minutes

  1. Remove from oven and allow pan to cool on wire rack.

*Since we are using a cookie cutter we used a larger plan for these to make a slightly thinner brownie.

Frosting Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, or a stand mixer, combine the butter of choice with the shortening. Whip until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

2. Add the contents of the frosting mix and 1 tablespoon of milk at a time. Whip again until the frosting is light and fluffy, adding a splash more of milk if needed.

How to Make the Trees

Using a tree cookie cutter, cut trees into the brownies. Be sure to do this after the brownies are cool or they won’t stay together. You can alternate the cutting up and down and side by side to get the most number of trees out of the pan. You can also use another cookie cutter of your choice, that’s up to you.

After cutting the tree place on a tray and then decorate.

Here’s how to work with the frosting:

  1. First divide the vanilla frosting into small bowls and color as you desire. We did the colors green, pink, blue, and yellow frostings. Set aside after coloring.
  2. Using your colored vanilla frosting place into a piping bag fitted with an open star piping tip. (for this step you’ll need multiple piping bags or can use a reusable one after cleaning each time.) We did one color at a time and used an open star for the green. We made our garland pink with a round circle piping tip, yellow we use an open star and blue we used a closed star. You can use whatever tips you have on hand.
  3. For the green you’ll want to do this step first and pipe on frosting to form the base, then decorate with the other colors.
  4. Insert a small part of a candy cane (about 3 inches or so) to mimic the stem of the tree.
  5. Finish with your choice of sprinkles!

These are easier to make then they look! My children loved to divide the frosting and make the colors…. and eat them of course!

Kate's Safe & Sweet - Christmas Tree Brownie

These brownies are best served within 3-5 days and can be placed in the fridge if you’d like, just remove an hour or so prior to serving.

Kate's Safe & Sweet - Christmas Tree Brownies Double on Tray

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