American · Dessert

Chocolate Brownies with Peppermint Frosting

Name: Chocolate Brownies with Peppermint Frosting
Total time: 1 h 52 min
Yield: 12 squares; serves 6, two squares each
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 30 g unsweetened cocoa powder; 40 g white rice flour; 40 g potato starch; ½ tsp xanthan gum; ¼ tsp gluten-free baking powder; 80 ml sunflower oil; 150 g granulated sugar; 2 eggs; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 60 ml ghee, melted; ½ tsp pure vanilla extract; ¼ tsp pure peppermint extract; 120 g powdered sugar, gluten-free; 2½ tsp almond milk; 2 tbsp miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Fudgy cocoa brownies made with a simple rice flour and potato starch blend, topped with a thin minty frosting and a scatter of mini chocolate chips. Everything comes together in two bowls.

Yield12 squares; serves 6, two squares each
Hands-on35 min
Total1 h 52 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Brownies

30 gunsweetened cocoa powder
40 gwhite rice flour
40 gpotato starch
½ tspxanthan gum
¼ tspgluten-free baking powder
80 mlsunflower oil
150 ggranulated sugar
2eggs
2 tsppure vanilla extract

Frosting

60 mlghee, melted
½ tsppure vanilla extract
¼ tsppure peppermint extract
120 gpowdered sugar, gluten-free
2½ tspalmond milk
2 tbspminiature semisweet chocolate chips

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Dairy
Egg
Tree nuts
Almond
Soy
Birds' eggs (any)
Legumes (any)
Sunflower seeds
Corn (maize)
Rice
Nightshades (any)
Potato (white)
Mint
Vanilla
Lecithin (any source)
Gums and thickeners
Caffeine and theobromine
Alcohol
Cacao and cocoa

Taste

Sweet
Bitter
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Chewy

Equipment

Oven

Season

Any season

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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Ingredients

Brownies

Frosting

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