Old Fashioned Brandy Snaps (2024)

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ByLauraPublished onDecember 21, 2013June 11, 2024Updated onJune 11, 2024

The classic crispy cookies, Brandy Snaps are definitely a little work but the rewards are OH SO WORTH IT! Include these old-fashioned cookies into your Christmas Baking plans and you won't be sorry

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The classic crispy cookies, Brandy Snaps are definitely a little work but the rewards are OH SO WORTH IT! Include these old-fashioned cookies into your Christmas Baking plans and you won’t be sorry.

Classic brandy Snaps

Crispy lacey baked Brandy Snaps are rolled around the handle of a wooden spoon while still hot to form a cookie tube. Then the tubes are stuffed with whipped cream flavored as you like.

This recipe originally posted in 2013 is being updated in 2021. The recipe is the same, I’ve just updated the photos, and rolled it into the Great British Baking Show Bake-Along for Biscuit Week!

It’s Week 2 for the 2021 Season of the GBBO

And that means it’s BISCUIT WEEK!

The bakes for Biscuit Week were:

Signature Bake: Brandy Snaps

Technical Bake: Jammy Biscuits

Showstopper Bake: Childhood Toys out of Biscuits

Aren’t Jammy Biscuits just really Jammy Dodgers? I feel like they are but who am I to question that?

So since I ALREADY had a Brandy Snaps Recipe on the site that needed to be updated we decided that the time was ripe to make Brand Snaps.

Chocolate Dipped Brandy Snaps

These are classic Brandy Snaps with just a tiny little flair. Nothing like on the show where they made 4 fillings and chopped fruit and vegan crispy toffee to sprinkle over.

I just simply dipped each end of the Brandy Snaps in melted baking chocolate and then cooled them before filling. And filled them with a simple whipped cream flavored with espresso powder. Either of those two upgrades can be left off and the cookies are still going to be amazing.

How to Roll Brandy Snaps

These are a baked crispy lacy cookie that gets rolled around a tube or cone or cup shape while it’s still hot. That can be tricky but use my tips for easier molding.

only bake 2 or 4 cookies at a time for ease of rolling
lay a piece of parchment on a clean baking sheet and set aside this is where you’ll lay your molded brandy snaps
When the cookies first come out of the oven let them rest for just a 30-60 seconds
then use a metal spatula to lift one cookie off the sheet and drape it over whatever you’re using as a mold
if you’re rolling it put it over the greased handle of a wooden spoon and gently wrap it around
let it cool and then slide it off
repeat with your remaining cookies
if the cookies get hard before you’ve rolled them slide them back in the oven for 30 seconds to soften them back up and then roll them up

Brandy Snaps

5 from 7 votes

The classic crispy cookies, Brandy Snaps are definitely a little work but the rewards are OH SO WORTH IT! Include these old-fashioned cookies into your Christmas Baking plans and you won't be sorry

Course: Dessert Recipes

Cuisine: Alaskan

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 6 minutes minutes

Total Time: 16 minutes minutes

Servings: 18

Calories: 103kcal

Author: Laura

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Equipment

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
3 TBSP butter
2 tsp Brandy
1/2 cup flour

Filling and Topping

1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tsp espresso powder optional
1 TBSP Sugar

Instructions

preheat oven to 350˚
in a saucepan over medium heat melt the sugar, corn syrup, and butter
cook it until it boils, stirring to keep it from scorching if needed
once it boils remove it from the heat
add the Brandy, watch out it will bubble up
then stir in the flour
line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
drop 2-4 teaspoons of batter on the sheet evenly spaced to let the batter spread
bake for 5-6 minutes
they will spread and once they start to darken they are done
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remove from the heat let them cool for 30 seconds
FOR ADULTS ONLY AND BE CAREFUL IT IS HOT WORK gently slip a small metal spatula or even a knife tip under the edge of one cookie shell
drape the hot cookie around the handle of a wooden spoon, roll around for a moment to cool it off, and seal in the shape
slide it off onto parchment paper to cool
repeat until the batter is used up

to dip in chocolate:

chop the semi-sweet chocolate bar in a double boiler over very low heat
once melted dip the round end of each cookie tube into the chocolate
cool unit set and store in an airtight container
To Serve: Whip the whipping cream with the espresso powder and sugar together JUST until fluffy, don't overbeat it like I did use a piping bag with a long nozzle on it, and pipe the whipped cream into the Brandy Snaps when ready to serve
the brandy snaps won’t last too long once filled so don’t fill until ready to serve
the whipped cream won't last long either, if you need it to last for a long time make stabilized whipped cream
store unfilled shells in an airtight container until ready to fill and serve

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