Cranberry Brownies – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Wealthy chocolate brownies with cranberries and pecans are one in every of my favourite easy-to-make desserts this time of 12 months – it’s an surprising and enjoyable vacation taste mixture.

Served plain or topped with ice cream and hot fudge sauce, I’ve been making cranberry brownies not less than a number of instances each vacation season for years. And with out exception, everybody who has tasted them has raved over them.

Cranberry Brownies

The brownie base for this recipe has been my favourite for years. It’s a easy saucepan recipe that comes collectively in below 10 minutes, making it good for snacking any time of day.

The cranberries are a tart counterpart to the wealthy chocolate fudgy brownies. It’s a enjoyable shock taste and so they’re all the time a assured hit on a dessert desk. If you happen to haven’t already fallen in love with the pairing of fruit and chocolate, these brownies might persuade you to attempt it quickly.

Who doesn’t love a wealthy, fudge brownie for a candy snack? The cranberries which have a house in my freezer all 12 months for the Cranberry Christmas Cake must do double obligation for these brownies now too.

Contemporary Cranberry Recipes

There’s a lot extra to recent cranberries than the cranberry sauce on the desk for Thanksgiving dinner. From the crunch of the sugar crust on the underside to the juicy cranberries to the flaky cake layer on prime; Nantucket Christmas Cranberry Pie is cranberry dessert heaven.

“The candy warmth that you would be able to not cease consuming” is one of the best ways to explain this sweet and spicy cranberry jalapeno dip. Double it for a crowd so that you don’t run out! Tart cranberries and candy apples are baked inside a brown sugar and oat crisp for an ideal not-to-sweet cranberry apple crisp.

Tangy cranberry pancakes sweetened with maple syrup make getting off the bed on the weekend somewhat bit simpler. These buttermilk pancakes are a must-make for me the primary weekend in December.

Cranberry Christmas Cookies are crammed with an abundance of recent tart cranberries balanced by a buttery candy cookie. Candy, tart, and filled with cranberries, apples, raisins, and spices, cranberry chutney is bound to change into a must have on the vacation desk.

Barely chewy with a sweetly tart mixture, cranberry oatmeal bars are filled with cranberries and apples topped with brown sugar and oatmeal crumbs. Contemporary cranberries and a touch of lemon are mixed on this extremely moist brown sugar streusel Cranberry Coffee Cake.

And final however not least, tart cranberries and spicy peppers mingle on this candy and spicy Cranberry Pepper Jelly. Everybody goes loopy for this spicy jam on the very first chunk! It’s the proper addition to a Christmas charcuterie board.

Pecan Brownies

Oh, how I like a fudgy wealthy pan of brownies when they’re sprinkled with nuts in each chunk. My go-to brownie add-in is a handful of pecans, however I don’t discriminate with the nuts we get pleasure from in brownies.

Almond Joy Brownies are gooey fudgy brownies crammed with loads of chocolate, almonds, and coconut. Chocolate and nut-filled brownies are terrific with pecans or with walnuts – and so they get bonus factors for additionally being gluten and dairy free.

Kitchen Tip: I exploit this saucepan and this baking pan to make this recipe.

You’ll want the next elements to make this recipe

• butter
• semi-sweet chocolate
• mild brown sugar
• vanilla extract
• eggs
• all-purpose flour
• kosher salt
• recent or frozen cranberries
• pecans

COOK’S NOTE: These brownies will preserve properly in an airtight container at room temperature for a number of days. Alternatively, they are often wrapped hermetic and frozen for as much as 3 months. Thaw at room temperature earlier than consuming.

Frozen cranberries work effectively on this recipe. I toss the bag of recent cranberries straight into the freezer after I purchase them. The frozen cranberries might be added to the recipe with out thawing.

Fruit and Chocolate

Clean and creamy chocolate fondue that you would be able to make in simply a few minutes? What’s to not love?? Served with a great deal of fruit, cream puffs, graham crackers, and pretzels, this Dessert Fondue Board is a deal with for the eyes and for everybody’s style buds.

Candy and barely tart recent blueberries are evenly coated in darkish chocolate to create an irresistible candy snack that doubles as a fast and straightforward dessert too. My sister will get the thanks for these chocolate covered blueberries each time I make a batch for the freezer.

Earlier than I took the primary chunk, I knew that I would really like these Dark Chocolate Raspberry Brownies, (the home smelled implausible whereas they have been baking!) what I didn’t anticipate was the extreme raspberry taste that was in each chunk. Chocolate and raspberries are a spectacular pair, aren’t they?

If you happen to get pleasure from chocolate coated strawberries, you actually do must attempt chocolate coated orange slices. They’re like no different dessert and my entire household loves them!

Your favourite path combine has been remodeled into the last word sweet bar on this Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bark with swirled layers of white and darkish chocolate, studded with dried fruits, and crunchy nuts. Salty, candy, crunchy, chewy, and chocolate all come collectively on this stunning and simply adaptable vacation deal with.

{initially printed 10/5/17 – recipe notes and pictures up to date 12/4/24}