American Flag Brownies
These American Flag Brownies are a patriotic dessert for your Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day celebrations.
Equipment
- Stand mixer (or hand mixer and large bowl)
- Measuring spoons
- Large spatula
- 8x8 baking pan
- Parchment paper
- Scissors
- Cooling rack
- Mixing bowls
- Small spatulas
- Chefs knife
- Large cutting board
Ingredients
- Butter or shortening to grease the baking pan
- 3 Brownie mixes and mix ingredients or substitute from-scratch brownies
- 3 16 oz White frosting or substitute from-scratch frosting
- 1-2 tbsp White star sprinkles
Instructions
Prepare The Baking Pans
- Grease the bottom and sides of an 8x8 baking pan with butter or shortening (not nonstick cooking spray).
- Line the pan vertically with parchment paper.
- Line the pan horizontally with parchment paper (see picture above in Step 1 of the post).
Bake The Brownies
- Bake three batches of brownies mix according to the package (or recipe) instructions.
- Let the brownies cool completely in the pan on top of a cooling rack on the counter for approximately one hour.
Frost The Brownies
- Whilte the brownies are cooling, transfer the frosting from two containers into their own mixing bowl.
- Add a few drops of red food gel to one bowl of frosting and mix thoroughly. If necessary, add more food gel until you have achieved your desired red frosting.
- Add a few drops of blue food gel to the other bowl of frosting and mix thoroughly. If necessary, add more food gel until you have achieved your desired blue frosting.
- Once the brownies have cooled, frost one batch of brownies with red frosting, one batch with white frosting, and one batch with blue frosting.
- Add white star sprinkles to the brownies with blue frosting before the frosting hardens.
Cut The Brownies
- Remove the frosted brownies from the pan by holding the ends of the parchment paper and 'pulling' the brownies out of the pan onto a cutting board.
- Cut the brownies into nine squares* (see note below).
- Repeat this step for the remaining two batches of brownies.
Arrange The Brownies like an American Flag
- You'll use 24 brownies out of the 27 frosted brownies for the American flag arrangement:
- 1st Row: three blue + three red brownies2nd Row: three blue + three white brownies3rd Row: six red brownies4th Row: six white brownies
Notes
* I recommend cleaning off your knife after each cut. Yes, this is time-consuming, but it will ensure that you don't get any brownie crumbs in the frosting.