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Brandy Snaps Recipe


Brandy Snaps Recipe
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The name of these old-fashioned cookies comes from the Brandy in the ingredients - not because the first batch was made by Brandy! Cooks have been preparing these sweet concoctions for many centuries and you can see why once you have tasted them.

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Ingredients
  • Cookie:
  • ½ cup margarine or butter
  • ½ cup dark corn syrup
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tsp brandy
  • ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • Filling:
  • 1 cup chilled whipping cream
  • 2 Tbls powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbl brandy

Directions
  1. Heat oven to 350º.
  2. Heat margarine/butter, corn syrup and brown sugar to boiling in 1 ½-quart saucepan.
  3. Stir frequently; remove from heat.
  4. Stir in 2 teaspoons brandy.
  5. Mix flour and ginger; gradually stir into syrup mixture.
  6. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls about 5 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
  7. Bake until cookies have spread into 3 – 4 inch rounds and are golden brown (6-8 minutes).
  8. Cool cookies 1 – 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.
  9. Working quickly, roll each cookie on greased handle of wooden spoon; slip from spoon and place on wire racks.
  10. If cookies become too crisp to roll, return to oven to soften about 1 minute.
  11. Beat whipping cream and powdered sugar in chilled bowl until stiff.
  12. Fold in 1 tablespoon brandy.
  13. Using decorator’s tube with plain tip, pipe whipped cream into each end of cookies.
  14. Note: Store unfilled cookies in an airtight container.

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It is morning and I am already dreaming of desserts. This is delicious!


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