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Sparkling cranberries
It has been calm here. Life is taking over, important changes are about to come and unfortunately, I am not able to bake and post as much as I like. I hope you come back from time to time anyway. I am sure, I will be able to post more regularly again in the future. But sometimes I still manage to sneak in a relaxed feeling which enables me to produce something neat. Sparkling cranberries are straight from 101cookbooks and I fell in love with this easy treat last year. And I decided these will become a regular each year, no matter how complicated life is. So let’s pull it together and have a look at the super simple recipe. NOTE: these are quickly done, but you will need to allow for some resting time over night.
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Cranberry time! Yap. I am proud to report that the first fresh cranberries are available in the right now. Run, stock up on them – soon they will be gone – as suddenly as they appeared!
What’s wrong with her, you may wonder. Well – I live in Germany, and cranberries have just made their way here the latest years. And they don’t come in droves. So anytime I see one of these packages – I just need to buy it. When I managed to grab a package yesterday I immediately had to combine them with this delicious fudgy brownie recipe I had tried two weeks ago. And I was lucky. They turned out oh so sweet. I brought them to work (my co-workers are my secret testing animals – I analyze the time it takes until all crumbs are gone – no just kidding). Anyway, these were gone so quickly.
I wasn’t able to take decent photographs that quickly – I always have a hard time photographing brownies. Does anyone have tips and hints for me? The colour is hard to capture and I have simply no ideas on how to arrange them nicely. Well, anyway, here comes the recipe which is you will get done in no time.
cranberry brownies
On my quest for cranberry brownies that actually include fresh cranberries I found this one here. I modified the recipe to my taste by reducing the number of eggs and adding an additional hint of chocolate.
Ingredients:
for the batter:
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen-no need to thaw)
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 3 tbsp. butter
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 100 g semisweet chocolate
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
for the frosting:
- 1/4 cup cranberry sauce (jellied)
- 2 tbsp. cranberry juice (see note)
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 pkg instant espresso
- 25 g semisweet chocolate
Directions:
Preheat oven to 175 °C (350°F) Coat a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.Combine flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. Melt 1 cup butter in large saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup cocoa powder and 100g semisweet chocolate. 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.
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 and mix until well blended. Spread over the cake and let cool. Cut into square pieces.
Source: modified from: http://www.recipezaar.com/Read More