How about giving your family a deliciously rich homemade baked gift this year?
Recipe Ingredients
1 tub Brownie mix (+200ml milk as per instructions)
ADD ONE OF THESE INGREDIENTS
·75ml coconut + 1 slab peanut brittle, crushed OR
·75ml coconut + 49g bar Peppermint Crisp chocolate OR
·75g tub glace cherries, chopped + 2 Lunch Bar chocolates OR
·80 g slab white chocolate, chopped + 1 small jar Maraschino cherries, drained, rinsed and patted dry, then chopped
Recipe Method
Preheat oven to 180 º C. Coat a medium size 5cm deep baking pan with non-stick baking spray, or line with a sheet of baking paper.
Mix the basic Brownies according to the on-pack instructions.
Gently blend in the additional ingredients and pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan.
Bake for 15 – 20 minutes. Cool in the pan then cut neatly into 12 equal-size bars.
Transfer onto a rack and pack in layers when completely cooled.
Sieve icing sugar over the top layer and close the box.
Hints & Tips
If you bake this more than a day before, rather store it in an airtight container until it is appropriate to pack them into the gift box.
There are many attractive gift boxes available at home décor stores and stationers nowadays which you can line with a sheet of colourful tissue paper or cellophane.
source – cooking365coza