Impress your neighbours with these home-made treats by KidSpot Kitchen. This easy-to-follow Christmas tree brownie recipe is so simple even the kids can get involved.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup butter (melted)
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup self-raising flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
  • 1 tub Betty Crocker vanilla icing
  • M&Ms

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a round cake tin with baking paper and set aside.
  2. In a bowl, beat the sugar and eggs together and light and fluffy.
  3. Beat in the flour, melted butter, cocoa and vanilla until well combined.
  4. Pour into cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes.
  5. Leave to cool and slice into 8 wedges.
  6. Place the vanilla icing in a ziplock bag and snip the corner off. Pipe the icing onto the wedges to cover the whole brownie.
  7. Place a rice cracker into the bottom to create a tree stump.
  8. Decorate with various decorations to your liking.

You can find the Christmas tree brownie recipe and a demonstrative video on the KidSpot website here. 

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