A wooden board topped with triangular slices of hazelnut brownie dusted with white icing sugar

Christmas brownies

Name: Christmas brownies
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 16 squares or 10 Christmas trees
Ingredients: 150g salted butter cubed; 150g dark chocolate chopped; 100g golden caster sugar; 100g soft light brown sugar; 3 eggs; 200g plain flour; 75g dried cranberries; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp mixed spice; ½ tsp ground ginger; 1 orange zested; 4 tbsp hazelnut or almond butter stirred; 25g blanched hazelnuts roughly chopped; icing sugar for dusting

Anna Glover

Published: October 26, 2021 at 3:11 PM

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Makes 16 squares or 10 Christmas trees

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

+ cooling

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Make these gooey Christmas tree brownies. We've given this popular bake a festive twist by adding warming cinnamon, tangy cranberries and a swirl of nut butter

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Bake these Christmas brownies, then check out our yule log, Christmas cupcakes, tiffin, bûche de noël, Christmas sides, Christmas biscuit recipes, and more Christmas baking recipes.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

150g salted butter

cubed
150g dark chocolate

chopped
100g golden caster sugar
100g soft light brown sugar
3 eggs
200g plain flour
75g dried cranberries
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp mixed spice
½ tsp ground ginger
1 orange

zested
4 tbsp hazelnut or almond butter

stirred
25g blanched hazelnuts

roughly chopped
icing sugar

for dusting

Nutrition: per serving

kcal284
fat15.7g
saturates7.5g
carbs30.3g
sugars19.2g
fibre2.2g
protein4.3g
salt0.22g

Method

step 1

Melt together the butter, chocolate, golden caster sugar and brown sugar in a large pan over a low heat. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line a 20cm square baking tin with baking paper.
step 2

Mix the eggs into the cooled chocolate mixture using a wooden spoon, then add the flour and mix until you have a smooth batter. Fold in the cranberries, spices and orange zest. Scrape into the prepared tin and smooth the top using a spatula.
step 3

Dollop the nut butter over the top, then use a skewer to swirl it into the batter. Scatter over the hazelnuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the edges of the brownie are just coming away from the sides of the tin but the middle still has a slight wobble (it should not be liquid). Leave to cool in the tin completely (it will firm up as it cools) before cutting into squares or Christmas tree shapes. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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