Brandy Snaps

Brandy Snaps

🥘 Ingredients

  • all-purpose flour
    1/2 c
  • brandy
    1 Tbsp
  • confectioners' sugar
    4 tbsp
  • dark corn syrup
    1/3 c
  • granulated sugar
    1/2 c
  • heavy cream
    1 c
  • salt
    1/8 tsp
  • unsalted butter, cut into pieces
    4 oz
  • vanilla
    1/2 tsp

🍳 Cookware

  • baking sheets
  • electric mixer
  1. 1
    Put dark corn syrup , unsalted butter, cut into pieces and granulated sugar into heavy-bottomed pan. Heat mixture over low heat, stirring, until butter has melted and mixture is smooth. Don’t let mixture boil. Remove from heat and vigorously stir in all-purpose flour , beating until smooth. (Rotary beater will do this easily.)
    dark corn syrup: 1/3 c, unsalted butter, cut into pieces: 4 oz, granulated sugar: 1/2 c, all-purpose flour: 1/2 c
  2. 2
    Drop batter by 1/2 teaspoons on greased baking sheets . Try doing only 5 cookies at a time, until you see how much they spread. Bake at 350°F until cookies turn nice medium caramel color, about 5 to ⏱️ 7 minutes . Cookies should spread into about 2.5 inch rounds, or little larger, and bubble.
  3. 3
    Remove from oven and cool until cookies are firm enough to lift off baking sheet with spatula. Roll with fingers or around clean broom handle into tubes about 3/4 inch around.
  4. 4
    If cookies get too firm to manage, return to oven 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes to soften. If batter in pan gets too stiff to use, heat, stirring, until melted enough to drop from teaspoon.
  5. 5
    To make the brandy whipped cream, add the heavy cream , salt , vanilla , and confectioners' sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and whip until it forms soft peaks. Add the brandy and mix in.
    heavy cream: 1 c, salt: 1/8 tsp, vanilla: 1/2 tsp, confectioners' sugar: 4 tbsp, brandy: 1 Tbsp
  6. 6
    Pipe the brandy whipped cream into the rolled cookies.