Reindeer brownies are the cutest Christmas bake you can make this year. The Rudolph brownies with pretzels for antlers, M&Ms for the red nose and sprinkle eyes are so easy to make and even easier to enjoy. Perfect for the whole family.
150gnuts, dried fruit or chocolate chips(walnuts or cranberries work really well)
Reindeer Decorations
Pretzels
Eye Sprinkles
Red Chocolate M&Ms
Instructions
Pre-heat your oven to 160ºC Fan/ 180ºC/ 350 / Gas Mark 4 and grease and line your 9 inch by 12 inch tin with baking parchment/ greaseproof paper.
Melt the 350g chocolate and 250g butter together in a pan on a low heat. Keep string to make sure it doesn't burn. When melted remove from the heat.
Add the 3 large eggs, 250g light brown soft sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract into a bowl.
Whisk with a hand mixer for 5 minutes until thicker and paler in colour.
Add the now slightly cooled chocolate and butter mix to the egg mixture. Keep whisking as you go.
Sieve in the 120g plain flour and using a hand whisk, whisk until the flour has been mixed in. Don't over-mix.
Gently mix in the optional nuts or chocolate chips at this point.
Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 15-20 minutes. (see other cake tin-size cooking time in the notes below).
Let the brownies cool in the tin.
Decorating the Reindeer Brownies
Remove the brownies from the tin and slice them into rectangles.
Melt a little of the chocolate in short bursts in the microwave.
Use the melted chocolate to stick the eyes and red nose on the brownies.
You can use melted chocolate to stick the pretzels on or you can gently push them into the brownies so they stand up.
Serve and enjoy!
Store in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days.
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Notes
The brownies will last 2-3 days if you don't eat them all in a few minutes.
9 inch square cake tine will need to bake for 25-30 minutes.
8 inch square cake tine will need to bake for 35-40 minutes. As the brownie will be thicker it will need more time than cooking a thinner brownie in the 9inch x 12inch tin.