Finicky Friday - Christmas Style!

 

Holiday Tree Brownies

Ingredients

1 box (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Supreme original brownie mix

Water, vegetable oil and egg called for on brownie mix box 

Miniature candy canes (2 inch), unwrapped

1 or 2 drops green food color

1/3 cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from 16-oz container)

Betty Crocker™ Decorating Decors red and green candy sprinkles or miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

Steps

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, allowing some to hang over edges of pan. Grease bottom and sides of foil with shortening or cooking spray. Make brownie mix batter as directed on box. Spread in pan.

2 Bake 28 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 1/2 hours. Freeze in pan 15 minutes. Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan, and peel foil away. To cut brownie into triangles, cut into 3 rows. Cut each row into 5 triangles (See More About This Recipe). Set aside leftover pieces for snacking.

3 Break off curved end of candy cane; insert straight piece into bottoms of triangles to make tree trunks.

4 Stir food color into frosting. Spoon frosting into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off tiny bottom corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe frosting over brownies. Sprinkle with decors.

Link: https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/holiday-tree-brownies/058237a7-ae5c-435e-b9cc-b01af1d412e7

Finicky Friday - Christmas Style!

 

RUDOLPH COOKIES

 Servings 30 cookies

Ingredients

Easy Brownie Cookies:

1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix

2 eggs

1/3 C. oil

Chocolate Frosting:

3/4 C. butter softened

1/4 C. unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 Tbsp. milk. more if needed

2 C. powdered sugar more if needed

Mint M&M's, you'll need the red the white

Nilla Wafers

1/4, C. Melted chocolate

Pretzels

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with parchment paper.

2. Combine cake mix, eggs and oil together. Batter will be thick. If you you think too thick, you can add a touch more oil!

3. Make dough balls just smaller than a golf ball and place on pans, press down so they don't bake up too tall!

4. Bake for 7-9 minutes depending on how fudgey you want them to be.

5. Let cool.

6. Frosting: Beat butter. Add cocoa, vanilla and milk. Slowly add in powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency. Add more milk to make thinner.

7. To make Reindeer Eyes: Melt your chocolate (I used melts but you can use whatever you hand on hand). Use the tip of a toothpick to "dot" a glob of melted chocolate onto each white M&M. You can make the chocolate part of the eyes as large as you want! (see photos above)

8:To assemble (see photos above) frosting cookies, place Nilla wafer, pretzels, then use a little frosting to stick on the red nose (red M&M) and eyes. If you want some reindeer other than Rudolph, just use brown M&M's or Reese's Pieces!

Link: https://www.yourcupofcake.com/make-rudolph-cookies/