Boreal Forest Cranberry Brownies
photo by Jostlori
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 315.37 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml salt
- 236.59 ml butter
- 236.59 ml cocoa powder
- 473.18 ml sugar
- 4 eggs
- 7.39 ml vanilla extract
- 4.92 ml almond extract
- 236.59 ml cranberries (fresh or frozen-no need to thaw)
- 118.29 ml walnuts, chopped
- 44.37 ml butter
- 78.78 ml cocoa powder
- 1.23 ml almond extract
- 59.14 ml cranberry sauce (jellied)
- 29.58 ml cranberry juice (see note)
- 473.18 ml confectioners' sugar
directions
- NOTE: to make cranberry juice for icing (if you don't have bottle juice on hand) simmer cranberries for brownies a few minutes in 1/8 cup water. Drain and reserve liquid and use berries in brownies.
- Preheat oven to 350°F Coat a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- Melt 1 cup butter in large saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup cocoa powder. Add 2 cups sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoons almond extract; stir until well blended.
- Stir chocolate mixture into flour mixture. Add cranberries and nuts and mix just until blended.
- Pour batter into baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool completely and frost.
- FROSTING: Melt 3 tbls. butter in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/3 cup cocoa powder, 1/4 teaspoons almond extract, cranberry sauce and juice; stir well.
- Add confectioners' sugar; mix until well blended.
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Reviews
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I have been wanting to make these for some time now and have finally gotten around to it. I wish I hadn't waited so long! I find that brownies usually only need frosting when they aren't that great alone - and since that was not the case here, I did not make the frosting. I used half regular cocoa and half Hershey's special dark cocoa. I also left out the nuts as I'm not a big fan. The next time I come across cranberries at the store (I wish they were available all year round!) I will be making these again - and will buy more cranberries to freeze so I can make these all year round. Thanks for the recipe Mike!
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Wow! Amazing is all I can say. Even if you don't like cranberries, you'll like these because they almost taste like chocolate covered tart cherries! I had leftover cranberries to use from Thanksgiving and these got rave reviews. I think the almond extract really changed the flavor, and the frosting just melted in your mouth. I do think they are better cold so they stay together better. Thanks for a great recipe!
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I was looking for a way to use up some cranberries and came across this unique brownie recipe and I am so glad I made these -- they are so good and perfect for a snowy day when only chocolate and cranberries will do! I didn't make the frosting but just had the brownies with vanilla ice cream--scrumptious! Thanks for sharing!
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