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4th of July Brownies

4th of July Brownies to celebrate Independence Day! Patriotic brownies have a delicious taste and texture, with red, white, and blue frosting.

Ingredients

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1
Make the brownies
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Prepare your muffin tin with 12 large muffin cases and pre-heat oven to 175 C / 347 F (no fan).
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Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl over simmering water over medium heat
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In another bowl, whip together the eggs with sugar with the help of an Electric hand mixer until pale, for about 5-7 minutes
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Pour the melted butter and chocolate mixture into the egg-sugar mixture, and combine with a Rubber spatula. Do not use a mixer at this point
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Sift in flour, salt, and cocoa powder and fold the mixture together. Do not overmix
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Pour or pipe the batter into the prepared muffin cases and bake for 25 minutes
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The brownie cups are ready when the edge looks baked and the middle looks slightly gooey but not raw. Do not over-bake! They will further set as they cool
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Red white blue frosting
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Whip cream cheese, mascarpone and powdered sugar with an electric hand mixer for 2-3 minutes. When the frosting reaches a fluffy, pipeable consistency, stop right there and do not overmix. If you continue beating the frosting, it will separate and gets runny.
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Divide the frosting into 3 equal quantities. Leave one of them as it is and color 2 of them with blue and red.
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Place the 3 different colors next to each other onto a kitchen foil. Roll up the kitchen foil and place it into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle tip. Pipe frosting on top of the brownie muffins.
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Serve the muffins fresh or store them refrigerated for 2-3 days in an air-tight container.