Red Velvet Peppermint Brownies With Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting Food

RED VELVET BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non stick spray and set aside.
• Melt chocolate and butter in a microwave safe bowl and heat until chocolate and butter has melted, whisk until smooth. Whisk in the sugar, eggs, and food coloring. Add in the vanilla.
• Stir in the flour and salt until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake brownies for 33-35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the edge of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow the brownies to cool completely.
• In a bowl, cream together the butter and the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the cocoa powder. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until blended. Beat in the vanilla and the coffee until the frosting is a spreadable consistency. Spread frosting over the cooled brownies.

RED VELVET BROWNIES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 baking dish with 1 teaspoon butter.
• Whisk 1 cup sugar and melted butter together in a bowl. Add vanilla, cocoa powder, salt, food coloring, vinegar, and eggs to sugar mixture, blending well after each addition.
• Stir flour into sugar mixture until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared baking dish, reserving 1/3 cup batter for cream cheese layer.
• Blend cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Spread cream cheese mixture over brownie batter in the prepared baking dish. Pour reserved 1/3 cup brownie batter in 2 rows over cream cheese layer. Pull a knife through the batter rows into cream cheese layer to form swirls.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely before slicing.

RED VELVET BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, ground red pepper, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat sugar, sour cream, butter, eggs, red food coloring, and vanilla together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to sour cream mixture and stir to combine. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with fudgy crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan before slicing.