Brandy Snaps - 1980's
- 120 g butter
- 120 g caster sugar
- 120 g golden syrup
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 120 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- Preheat oven to 180C and prepare four baking trays with baking paper.
- Place, butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan, heat gently until the butter is melted and sugar dissolved.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly and then add lemon juice and then sift flour and ginger into the mixture and stir well.
- The mixture will be like a thick dollopy caramel.
- Drop modest tablespoons of the mixture on to trays allowing plently of room for them to spread into thin discs, work with 2 or 3 biscuits per tray is the most manageable way around the culinary relay race which will follow.
- Put your first batch of two trays into the oven and set the timer for 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare the next two trays with well-spread dollops of the mixture.
- The biscuits are ready when they are bubbling and golden.
- Remove from the oven and give them 1 minutes to cool while you pop the next batch in the oven, remembering to set the timer.
- Using a narrow spatula individually lift each hot malleable disc and shape around your mould of choice.
- Specialist mould can be bought but success can be gained from using the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Allow to cool.
- Continue until all the mixture is used up.
- Once set and brittle, store in an air tight container.
butter, caster sugar, golden syrup, lemon juice, flour, ground ginger
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/brandy-snaps-1980s-456650 (may not work)