Recipe: Tasty Vickys Christmas Brownies, GF DF EF SF NF

Vickys Christmas Brownies, GF DF EF SF NF.

You can cook Vickys Christmas Brownies, GF DF EF SF NF using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vickys Christmas Brownies, GF DF EF SF NF

1. You need 140 g of plain / gluten-free flour.
2. You need 1/8 tsp of xanthan gum if using GF flour.
3. Prepare 250 g of light brown sugar.
4. You need 100 g of cocoa powder.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of mixed spice / pumpkin pie spice.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of bicarb / baking soda.
9. It's 120 ml of applesauce.
10. You need 100 ml of light coconut milk.
11. Prepare 60 ml of oil.
12. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
13. It's 90 g of free-from chocolate chips such as Plamil / Enjoy Life brand.
14. You need 3 tbsp of mincemeat (see my previously posted recipe).

Vickys Christmas Brownies, GF DF EF SF NF step by step

1. Preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C / 350F and line an 8 x 8 inch square tin with parchment paper.
2. Mix the flour, xanthan gum, brown sugar, cocoa powder, spices, baking powder and bicarb together in a large bowl.
3. Stir in the applesauce, coconut milk, oil and vanilla to form a thick batter.
4. Fold in the chocolate chips and mincemeat.
5. Spoon the batter into the tin and spread out. Bake for 35 - 45 minutes or until firm to the touch and pulling away from the sides of the tin. Don't overbake as they'll go stale quicker.
6. Remove from the tin and leave to cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into 16 squares.
7. Dust with some icing sugar or ice with a thin glaze.
8. Or cut into triangles, pipe on green icing and add some sprinkles you've got little Christmas trees.