Pecan Snaps

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur or 1 tablespoon coffee
• 1/2 cup pecans, very finely chopped
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted (optional)
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 4 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder
• to taste chocolate, grated (optional)

Recipe

• 1 lightly grease a cookie sheet or line with foil.
• 2 in a small bowl stir together brown sugar, melted butter, corn syrup and coffee. stir in pecan s and flour until combined.
• 3 drop batter by level teaspoon 3" apart, or a level tablespoon (larger cookies) 5" apart, onto prepared cookie sheet. (bake only 4 or 5 cookies at a time.) bake at 350 degrees for 7-8 min.
• 4 for smaller cookies and 8-10 min, for larger cookies.
• 5 or until cookies are bubbly and a deep golden brown.
• 6 cool cookies on the cookie sheet for 1-2 min.
• 7 or until set. quickly remove 1 cookie; roll cookie around a metal cone or the greased handle of a wooden spoon.
• 8 when cookie is firm, slide the cookie off the cone or spoon and cool completely on a wire rack.
• 9 repeat with remaining cookies, 1 at a time. (if cookies harden before you can shape them, reheat them in the oven about 1 min.
• 10 or until softened.) if desired, carefully brush the top edge of each one with melted semisweet chocolate. (use a light touch, as the cookies are fragile and will break.) up to 30 min.
• 11 before serving, in a large mixing bowl beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and espresso powder with an electric mixer on low speed until stiff peaks form.
• 12 pipe or spoon some of the whipped cream into each cookie. if desired, sprinkle with grated chocolate. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - notes : to make ahead: bake, shape and cool cookies as directed.
• 13 arrange in a single layer in a freezer container and freeze for up to 1 month.
• 14 to serve, thaw frozen cookies for 15 min.
• 15 prepare whipped cream mixture and fill the cookies as directed .