Mini Antojides

Santa Hats

I came upon "Sweet Tooth's" Blog the other day, and saw pictures of her Santa Hat Brownie Bites. I thought that they were so cute, so I made them yesterday for a family Christmas get-together. Rather than using melted white chocolate chips as noted in "Sweet Tooth's" Blog, I made a butter cream frosting. Here's my recipe:

Santa Hats

1 package brownie mix, prepared according to directions
24 medium strawberries

Butter Cream Frosting
8-ounces confectioners sugar
1/3 cup Crisco
2 Tablespoons ice water
¼ teaspoon clear imitation vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon imitation butter flavor
dash of salt

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Spray 24-cavity mini-muffin pan well with non-stick spray. Prepare brownie mix according to directions on back of package. Fill cavities ¾ of the way full. Bake for 20 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. Let brownies cool for 5-minutes in pan. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Slice end of strawberries flat. Place on paper towels to dry completely and come to room temperature.

Butter Cream Frosting: Combine confectioners sugar, Crisco, ice water, vanilla, butter flavor and salt in a medium bowl. Beat on high speed with electric mixer until well blended and smooth. Mixture will be very thick.

Place frosting in a pastry bag fitted with #21 tip. Pipe a circle of frosting around outer top edge of brownie. Place strawberry in center, and pipe stars around base of strawberry. Pipe a star at the tip of the strawberry. Yield: 24 Santa Hats.

My First Blog

This is my first blog. I'm not sure what I will use it for, perhaps recipes that I've tried.