Brandy Lace Cookies Food

LACY BRANDY SNAPS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the butter, sugar and corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted. Remove from the heat. Stir in the flour, brandy and ginger., Drop by teaspoonfuls, 3 at a time, 3 in. apart onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 7-8 minutes or until golden brown., Cool for 30-45 seconds. Working quickly, loosen each cookie and curl around a thick wooden spoon handle. (If cookies become too cool to shape, return to oven for 1 minute to soften.) Remove to wire rack to cool completely., For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and brandy; beat until stiff peaks form. Just before serving, pipe cream mixture into cookies. Sprinkle ends with chocolate if desired.

GRANDMA'S LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl in a microwave. Add sugar and stir to combine. Add beaten egg and mix well. Stir in oats, flour, vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, about 8 minutes. Let cool completely before removing cookies from foil.

LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine oats, sugar, flour, and salt; mix well.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Drop by 1/2 teaspoonfuls 3 inches apart onto aluminum foil-lined cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are brown.
• Cool completely before removing.

BRANDY LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°f.
• Lightly grease and flour cookie sheets.
• In small saucepan combine sugar, margarine, and corn syrup.
• Bring to boil over medium heat.
• ,stirring constantly.
• Remove fom heat.
• Stir in flour, pecans and brandy.
• Drop 12 evenly spaced half teaspoonfuls of batter onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake 6 minutes or until golden.
• Cool 1 to 2 minutes until cookies can be lifted but are still warm and pliable; remove with spatula.
• Curl around handle of a wooden spoon;slide off when crisp.
• If cookies harden before curling, return to oven to soften.
• If desired, drizzle with melted chocolate.
• If time is limited, curling of the cookies is optional.

OATMEAL LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Beat sugar and butter until well blended.
• Beat in flour, vanilla and salt.
• Stir in oats.
• Form into a ball. (See photo).
• Cover and refrigerate cookie dough 1 hour.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll dough by tbsp full between palms into one inch balls. (I cut the dough ball into 24 equal portions, and then roll each portion into a ball.).
• Place dough balls on baking sheets, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart (cookies will spread during baking).
• Using bottom of drinking glass as aid, flatten cookies to 1 1/2-inch rounds. (See photo).
• Bake until cookies are golden brown, about 12 - 13 minutes, turning the cookie sheet once mid-way through baking.
• Let cookies rest on sheets 1 minute.
• Using spatula, transfer cookies to a rack and cool completely.

CHOCOLATE LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter in large microwave-safe bowl.
• Add sugar and mix thoroughly.
• Add cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
• Add eggs and mix until smooth.
• Stir in flour, nuts and chips. (If using electric mixer, use low speed.).
• Place 12 SMALL rounded teaspoons of dough on well-greased baking sheet, spread as far apart as possible. They flatten during baking. If too large, they run together.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 11 minutes.
• Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes, then remove to wire rack to completely cool.
• Multiple cookie sheets cuts down waiting between batches.

LEMON LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease two baking trays or line with Teflon sheets.
• Combine the flour, salt and nuts in a bowl.
• Place the brown sugar, corn syrup and butter in a heavy-based saucepan, and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and stir in the flour mixture, along with the lemon zest and juice.
• Drop 1/2 teaspoonfuls of the batter, about 2 inches apart, onto the baking trays.
• Bake 1 tray at a time for about 8 to 10 minutes, just until they are lightly browned at the edges.
• Allow to cool slightly before transferring to a rack.
• Store in an airtight container.

IRISH LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Using electric mixer and paddle attachment, beat first 5 ingredients in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add oatmeal, flour and salt. Beat just until soft dough forms. Transfer dough to waxed paper; shape dough into ball. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Using 1 tablespoons dough for each, shape dough into twelve balls. Place 3 balls on prepared baking sheet, spacing evenly apart. Flatten dough balls with your palms. Bake until golden brown and "lacy", about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet until firm, about 2 minutes. Using metal spatula, transfer cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough balls,.

LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Place oatmeal in bowl.
• Melt margarine and pour over oats.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Mix dry ingredients in with margarine and oats.
• Beat eggs and vanila together.
• Blend this in the oats mixture.
• Add pecans and mix well.
• Cover cookie sheets with foil.
• Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet.
• Do not preheat oven.
• Bake at 325 F.
• for 11 minutes.
• Allow to cool before removing from foil.

FRENCH LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• Sift flour and Blend with nuts.
• Bring corn syrup, shortening, and sugar to boil in saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat; gradually stir in flour and nuts.
• Drop batter by level teaspoonfuls about 3 inches apart on baking sheet covered with wax paper (Bake only 8-9 at a time).
• Bake 5-6 min; allow to stand 5 minutes before removing.