Every year the highlight of our social calendar is our own mini university-reunion Christmas party. A core group of about 12 of us get together and eat and drink our collective body weight in Christmas fare.
It is excellent. It is our way of reliving our college years without the embarassment of outsiders seeing/judging us.
This year I was delegated the "sweet treats" task and as the party is on a Friday night (and thus requires mid-week prep) I needed something that would keep for a few days and travel well on the day.
I found this recipe in Good Housekeeping. Perfect for advance prep and traveling in a tin. Brownies always keep well as they are so wonderfully sweet and mosit...at least when I make them from scratch and don't use a horrible pre-made mix they do!
Do mine look as good as their version? Not even close.
I could have carefully spread icing. I could have placed sprinkles more deliberately. I could have generally taken more care. But I think mine are awesome. Sweet treats are brought out no sooner than when everyone is about 3 bottles of wine (each) in and knowing my audience won't care about the precision, I abandoned the effort and let white chocolate clump together and sugar stick to every surface.
I aim to get back on here just before New Years as I anticipate getting a bit of kit over Christmas (ahem last minute shoppers looking for inspiration) and will want to try some new tricks. And if there is no posting before Christmas (it looks unlikely...) then I hope you have a great holiday!
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