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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees or whatever temperature your brownie recipe calls for.
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Mix together your favorite brownie ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
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Place a square of parchment paper in the bottom of each muffin cup to keep it from sticking.
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Fill muffin cups 1/4 of the way with brownie mix. The brownies will rise some so don't over fill.
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Bake in the oven until the brownies are fully cooked.
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Remove from heat and let them cool completely, leaving them in your muffin pan. We sped this process up by placing the whole pan in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Remove the ice cream from the freezer and let it sit on the counter for 10 minutes to thaw.
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Scoop the contents of the ice cream into a medium sized mixing bowl. The ice cream should be softer, but not melted.
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Mix the ice cream until smooth and fill the muffin pan up to the top with the ice cream.
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Place the pan in the freezer for 4 hours.
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Before removing your pan from the freezer, make your frosting.
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Add your vanilla frosting and ground freeze dried strawberries to a mixing bowl and mix on medium for one minute until well combined and light pink.
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Set the frosting aside.
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Remove the muffin pan from the freezer and go around the edges with a butter knife to help keep the ice cream brownie from sticking.
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Lift the brownie ice cream cakes onto a plate or cutting board, removing the piece parchment paper from the bottom.
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Frost the sides and top of the gluten free brownie ice cream cake until it's evenly coated.
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Place back in the freezer for thirty minutes, or until it's firm.
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Fill a piping bag, or ziploc bag with the leftover frosting.
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Using a decorating tip (we used Wilton #21), make small flowers going around the edge on top. It's as simple as squeezing out a small amount of frosting, lifting the bag, and then repeating that next to it until you're finished. You can do this with any shape.
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Place back in the freezer until you're ready to serve.