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Re: santa hat brownies
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these look awesome, never seen this receipe before... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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thanks! taking these to a xmas party! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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'Tis a conundrum. Making them round would make a good excuse to eat more brownies though! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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If you make them round, take the leftover pieces, mix with the leftover buttercream and eat with a spoon! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/chef.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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BillandElaine said: If you make them round, take the leftover pieces, mix with the leftover buttercream and eat with a spoon! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/chef.gif" alt="" /> Or you could roll the mixture into a ball, chill in fridge for a bit, then dip in melted chocolate ... http://candy.about.com/od/otherchocolaterecipes/r/brownie_pops.htm
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Re: santa hat brownies
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Carol_Hill said: We made the brownies yesterday and everyone thought they were adorable! Will post a picture later. They look so cute. Glad your creation was well received. Can't wait to see a pic. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/xmas032.gif" alt="" /> Did you make the butter cream icing from the recipe or did you use a pre-made icing, if the later, which flavor did you use?
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Re: santa hat brownies
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We used pre made butter cream icing. Thought I would get Eric to post the picture today, but apparently not. Will try to get it posted tomorrow.
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Re: santa hat brownies
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caribbeanscout said: i know, it's very adorable. i'm debating about the brownie shape, round or square. if it's supposed to be santa coming out of the chimney, then i'd think it should be square... if i make it round, then i have no problem eating all the scraps. it's a win-win situation. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> Bake off your brownies in mini-muffin tins! NO increased waist! HO HO HO <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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Quicker and even easier... buy brownie bites from your supermarket! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
Another idea besides icing...pipe some melted white chocolate around the base of the strawberry. Instead of topping with a smidgen of melted chocolate, top off the "hat" with a white chocolate chip!
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Re: santa hat brownies
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just had the idea to use a small biscuit cutter versus cutting all of them - much faster. I too have a company Xmas party - thanks for the GREAT idea!
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Re: santa hat brownies
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I haven't gotten round to posting my pictures yet. A few comments and suggestions--
I do want to say that you really need to have a smaller finished product overall than what I thought I would want. Otherwise, it is too difficult to eat. The final product needs to be the size of one really large bite, alltogether.
I started out to try to cut the brownies with a small glass. It ended up kind of crushing the brownies down. I wound up cutting them with a knife, in squares, which ended up working much better.
For the icing, to do them correctly you really need to use a really WIDE tip on the pastry bag. We used too thin a tip.
Also, they are difficult to store properly because the brownies get stale quickly unless they are in an airtight container. And it is difficult to have an airtight container, other than a cake plate or similar, as most containers are too short, by the time you have the strawberry on top of the brownie.
Everyone said that they were just TOO CUTE!! There are some storage, etc., issues, but in general, they are very easy to make and well worth it!!
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Re: santa hat brownies
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12/14/2011 09:10 AM
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Will try to get Eric to post the pic today. The other 'tip' is just that they obviously look better if most of the strawberries are about the same size. I wasted some of the brownie because I messed around with cutting them, and got around 20 finished 'hats'. The container had around 30 strawberries, so I was able to pick through and not use the largest and the smallest ones.
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Re: santa hat brownies
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Carol_Hill said:Not a great picture, but you get the idea... SOOOOOOO Cute!
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Re: santa hat brownies
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We actually ended up bringing some back home, as there were so MANY sweets at the party. A lot of people opted for the red velvet cake instead. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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Carol, you did a great job! They look delicious and almost too good to eat! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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They really are not difficult at all. If someone wants to make them, do take a look at the notes that I posted elsewhere in this thread.
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Re: santa hat brownies
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12/15/2011 02:27 PM
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Carol_Hill said: We actually ended up bringing some back home, as there were so MANY sweets at the party. A lot of people opted for the red velvet cake instead. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" /> Oh, Damn the bad luck, huh...you had to force them down I'm sure!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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Re: santa hat brownies
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Yes, that was tough luck!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" /> As I said though, they are somewhat difficult to store properly and not get stale, unless you have a tall airtight container, as the brownies go stale quickly.
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