GG's Lace Cookies

Submitted by Liza at Food.com

"My grandmother had two cookies she was famous for...this is one of them. they are crunchy, rich, fancy and almost a bit like brittle candy. These are sandwich cookies and great for parties and having with tea."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 batch

ingredients

• 118.29 ml butter
• 59.14 ml shortening
• 157.80 ml light brown sugar
• 118.29 ml light corn syrup
• 236.59 ml sifted flour
• 236.59 ml finely chopped walnuts
• 236.59 ml semi-sweet chocolate chips

directions

1. Place butter, shortening, syrup and sugar in the top of a double boiler and bring to a boil over direct heat. Remove from heat and blend in flour and nuts.
2. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased, foiled line cookie sheet.
3. Bake at 325 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from sheet.
4. Place chocolate in new pan and melt over double boiler. When almost melted, remove from heat and stir until melted.
5. Brush one cookie with chocolate and cover with another.
6. Refrigerate til set.

Reviews

[Ashley S.]

Deeeeeelish!! This will hopefully become one of my special treats from now on! I used pecans instead of walnuts but followed everything else to the t. I used a foil lined pan and cooked 6 per sheet and only did one sheet at a time b/c when I did 2 they cooked a different times. It took six minutes each batch. It took a few to get the hang of what it needed to look like before they were done. If you try removing them before they are done cooking you get a sticky mess...which I happily ate. So while a batch was cooking a batch was cooling and that was the perfect amount of time to slide them off easily. Oh, I also rotated my pieces of foil. I didn't let them cool on the foil on the pan, I moved the piece of foil with the cookies onto the counter and let them sit there for 6 minutes then moved to parchment paper waiting to be dipped. And since mine didn't turn out in shapes that could be put together sandwich style I just did a half dip. Next time I will definitely take the advice of using a biscuit cutter! I think the biggest thing to remember is not removing them too early b/c that is when they are hard to work with! I also was told if you refrigerate the mixture you can scoop it out and roll it into balls with your hands...but I didn't have the patience. Thanks for this amazing recipe!

 

[Carole]

Delicious & simple. Used the microwave instead of double boiler - high for 2 minutes, then stir and continue in 30 sec increments until bubbling. Made 36 sandwich cookies using exactly 1 tsp, no more!! Can't get enough of them...

 

[hunny bunny]

I really liked these. The flavor reminded me a bit like almond rocca. My cookies didn't turn out very round so I didn't make sandwiches out of them, I just brushed each one with chocolate. Instead of using walnuts I used almonds. To the chocolate mixture I added a little vanilla and some milk to make it a little creamer. I will definitely make these again.

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

Oh these are so good! they taste like the ones that are sold in the stores, buttery with a slightly chewy texture, I used all butter and I probably should have made as stated as they really spread out when baking, I will make again for sure, great cookie recipe Liza, thanks for sharing!

 

[Breezytoo]

These are delicious! I did have some trouble when they were baking, not sure how far apart to place them on the baking sheet, I did about 2 inches per teaspoon which was not enough because they all baked together into one big cookie! After cooling for just a bit I quickly used a biscuit cutter to cut out circles and the problem was solved! :) These are a crunchy yummy cookie which remind me more of candy and are very addictive! Thanks for sharing your recipe! :)