Saturday, 5 January 2013

Santa Brownie Hats

Christmas Baking Adapted from DesertLivingToday


Santa Brownie Hats  
113g butter, at room temperature
192g sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
160g all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons red food colouring (optional)
24 whole Strawberries

256g White Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
For this recipe I used a Silicone Cake Tray as it enabled me to get the same sizes for each hat.
In a small bowl, combine cocoa powder, red food colouring (add more food colouring for a deeper colour), and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to create a paste.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy using an electric mix.
Add eggs one at a time, then add remaining teaspoon of vanilla extract. 
With the mixer on medium speed, add in cocoa powder mixture. Beat until batter is completely red. 
Add flour and salt, mixing until just combined. 

Fill each mini-muffin cavity about 3/4 of the way full with bater. 
Bake for 25-30 minutes and let cool completely before frosting.
Whilst the brownies are cooling, its a good idea to hull the strawberries and prep them for decoration.

Melt the white chocolate chips over a double boiler until completely melted and transfer into a piping bag, not forgetting the dot on the top of the strawberry.

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