Gingerbread Present Brownies | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Gingerbread Present Brownies | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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I've altered the classic brownies recipe to include a touch of ginger and decorated them as presents with an eggnog icing. Ideal for Christmas!

Keywords

  • Christmas
  • Partytime
  • Fun
  • Indulgent
  • Nibbly
  • Sociable
  • Sweet
  • Guest Recipe
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Ingredients

  • 170 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 130 grams dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
  • 200 grams plain flour
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 200 grams demerara sugar (light brown)
  • 80 millilitres treacle
  • 1 teaspoon ginger syrup (from a jar of stem ginger)
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 115 grams cream cheese (at room temperature)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 260 grams icing sugar (sifted)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons Eggnog (see recipe intro for link to my recipe)
  • Christmassy sprinkles
  • 50 grams red fondant icing
  • 50 grams green fondant icing

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