Festive Christmas Tree Brownies

Ingredients:

• Your favourite brownie mix or recipe (enough for 36 brownies cut into small squares)
• Your favourite decorator icing or buttercream frosting
• Non-stick pan spray
• Wilton Lemon Yellow food coloring
• Wilton Leaf Green food coloring
• Wilton Kelly Green food coloring
• Wilton Teal food coloring
• Holiday sprinkles

Tools:

• Large bowl
• Brownie square pan
• Cooling grid
• Wilton Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 18
• Wilton Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 21
• Wilton Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 32
• Wilton 12-Inch Disposable Decorating Bags, 12-Count
• Scissors
• Platter

Directions:

1. Bake the brownies: Lightly coat a square brownie pan with non-stick baking spray.
2. Prepare the batter: Make the brownies according to the instructions on the box or your chosen recipe.
3. Cool and cut: Once the brownies have completely cooled, cut them into squares. You will need a total of 36 brownies—about three full pans.
4. Tint frosting: Divide frosting into 3 individual bowls, about 1/3 cup of frosting in each.
5. Dark green frosting: Tint 1/3 cup icing by combining Kelly Green and Teal icing colors to get the dark green shown in the image.
6. Lime green frosting: Tint 1/3 cup icing by combining Leaf Green and Lemon Yellow icing colors to get the lime green shown in the image.
7. Leaf green frosting: Tint 1/3 cup icing with Leaf Green.
8. Assemble brownie bite tree: Using 32 brownie bites, form a triangle shape. Take the remaining four brownies and create the tree trunk.
9. Decorate tree: Prepare decorating bags with tips and frosting as follows:
   • Tip 21 and dark green
   • Tip 18 and lime green
   • Tip 32 and leaf green
10. Add stars: Starting at the bottom of the triangle, pipe pull-out stars, alternating colors as you work your way to the top.
11. Add sprinkles: Take sprinkles and scatter on top of the decorated area. Scatter some of the confetti sprinkles around the tree to add even more of a festive touch.

Notes:

To store: Store brownies at room temperature wrapped in plastic wrap or in an airtight container. Brownies will last for 3 to 5 days stored this way. Brownies will start to become stale after keeping them at room temperature for longer than a week.

To freeze: Brownies can be frozen for up to a month. Tightly wrap brownies in plastic wrap and place in the freezer. To thaw frozen brownies, remove from the freezer and allow them to thaw at room temperature before serving.