• Pre-heat the oven to 350F / 180C. Line a 9-inch baking tin with baking paper, ensuring you fully cover the sides of the dish.
• Break up the chocolate into pieces and place in a heatproof bowl.
• Chop up the butter and add to the bowl.
• EITHER microwave in 30 second-bursts, stirring each time until melted and smooth. OR place the bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir with a wooden spoon until melted and smooth and then remove from heat.
• Stir in the vanilla extract and sugar.
• Stir in the eggs and mix until smooth.
• Add the flour and cocoa powder and stir until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared baking tray and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely in the tin.

Reindeer Brownies

• Once cool cut the brownies into rectangles.
• Use icing to fix the eyes, nose and antlers in place. Pipe on a smile.

Christmas Tree brownies

• Once cool, cut the brownies into triangles.
• Use icing to pipe on the tinsel.
• Decorate the tinsel with sugar baubles and use icing to fix a star to the top of the tree.