Name: Gingerbread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup all purpose flour; 2 tbsp cocoa; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 tbsp powdered ginger; 5 squares unsweetened baking chocolate, (1 ounce squares); 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 1/4 cup light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup butter; 1/3 cup finely chopped candied ginger; 1/2 cup brown butter; 2 cups icing sugar, powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2-3 tbsp milk, approximately

Jump to recipe if you like, but be sure to read the whole post for instructional photos & other tips.

Gingerbread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting. Soft, moist, brownies with a burst of warm ginger flavour topped with decadent brown butter frosting.

Gingerbread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting.

Spouse and the kids love the flavour of really good gingerbread. Do do I .but I am also very fond of the flavours of chocolate and ginger together.

I’ve been known to top gingerbread cake with chocolate whipped cream or even dip gingersnaps into chocolate.

cAndied ginger slices shown in brown bowl

Candied ginger slices. Candied ginger slices. You can also use the kind packed in syrup.

One of my favourite cookies is Chocolate Dipped Gingerbread Biscotti too.

With that flavour combination in mind, I decided to add a ginger element to my favourite brownies. For a really decadent twist, I decided to add a buttercream frosting on top using some lightly caramel flavoured brown butter.

Boy did that ever turn out deliciously well!

1 ounce blocks of unsweetened dark chocolate on a white background

Unsweetened chocolate in one ounce blocks are used in this recipe.

If you don’t like the idea of adding spice to this recipe just omit those ingredients. Instead, try the recipe with this frosting because that would be a phenomenal flavour combination all on its own.

If you liked this recipe you many want to check out this great collection of No Bake Cookies that was incredibly popular during our last Holiday season.

Like this Gingerbread Brownies recipe?

Be sure to browse the photo index of over 200 cookie and cookie bar recipes is in our expansive Cookies Category.

It’s easy to keep up with the latest home style cooking & baking ideas from Rock Recipes. Be sure to follow Rock Recipes Facebook Page and follow us on Instagram.

Plus you’ll see daily recipe suggestions from decadent desserts to quick delicious weekday meals too.

You can also sign up for our FREE newsletter to know immediately when we add new recipes. You’ll also get weekly suggestions for great family friendly meals and desserts too!

Rock Recipes a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Our product recommendations are almost exclusively for those we currently use or have used in the past.

Gingerbread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting

Yield: 2 dozen

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Gingerbread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting. Soft, moist, brownies with a burst of warm ginger flavour topped with decadent brown butter frosting.

Ingredients

3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tbsp cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp powdered ginger
5 squares unsweetened baking chocolate, (1 ounce squares)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup finely chopped candied ginger

FOR THE FROSTING

1/2 cup brown butter
2 cups icing sugar, powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 tbsp milk, approximately

Instructions

Sift together flour, cocoa, powdered ginger and salt.
Melt together butter and unsweetened chocolate over low heat. Remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
Add eggs,vanilla and sugars. Stir very well until sugars are dissolved.
Gently fold in dry ingredients and the chopped candied ginger.
Pour batter into a 9 inch square baking pan that has been greased and lined with parchment paper. Bake for about a half hour at 350 degrees F or until the surface of the center of the brownies appears dry and firm. Toothpick test will not work for this recipe but it will tell you if the middle is still liquid. Do not over bake these brownies or they will be dry rather than moist and chewy.

BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

To brown butter just melt it in a small saucepan over medium heat and watch it carefully until the color turns light golden brown.
Pour it off immediately into a heat proof measuring cup, leaving the sediment behind.
Allow the brown butter to cool to room temperature and solidify.
Beat all ingredients together until smooth, fluffy, and a spreadable consistency. Use a couple of tablespoons of milk to begin and add more if need be or of it becomes too thin, just add a couple more tablespoons of icing sugar at a time to get to the proper consistency.

Gingerbread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting