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 no less than a couple of occasions 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 should do double responsibility for these brownies now too.

Contemporary Cranberry Recipes

There’s a lot extra to contemporary 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 could not cease consuming” is one of the simplest 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 away from bed on the weekend a bit of 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 contemporary tart cranberries balanced by a buttery candy cookie. Candy, tart, and filled with cranberries, apples, raisins, and spices, cranberry chutney is bound to turn out to be essential 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 chew! 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 chew. 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
• contemporary or frozen cranberries
• pecans

COOK’S NOTE: These brownies will maintain 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 nicely on this recipe. I toss the bag of contemporary cranberries straight into the freezer after I purchase them. The frozen cranberries will be added to the recipe with out thawing.

Fruit and Chocolate

Clean and creamy chocolate fondue that you could 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 contemporary 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 chew, I knew that I would love these Dark Chocolate Raspberry Brownies, (the home smelled improbable whereas they had been baking!) what I didn’t anticipate was the extraordinary raspberry taste that was in each chew. 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 complete 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 lovely and simply adaptable vacation deal with.

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