
Brandy butter
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Easy
- Serves 8
Not just for Christmas pud, our easy brandy butter goes perfectly with mince pies or spread over toasted panettone for a luxurious seasonal treat
- Freezable
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Unbelievably easy mince pies
No rolling required! Press the raw, crumbly pastry directly into your tin for a short, biscuity finish. Our easiest mince pie recipe and great fun to make with kids
- 200g salted buttersoftened
- 175g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanillapaste, or seeds scraped from 1 vanilla pod
- 5-7 tbsp brandy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal294
- fat21g
- saturates13g
- carbs23g
- sugars23g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0.46glow
Method
step 1
Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale, then whisk in the brandy, one tbsp at a time, until you are pleased with the taste. Scrape into a serving bowl and chill for 1 hr or for up to 3 days, before serving. Freeze for up to a month.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2010
Comments, questions and tips (21)
Overall rating
vtecviffer
Brilliant - I use soft brown sugar. Mmmm
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Is it possible to replace the icing sugar with a low calorie sweetener such as Splenda?

goodfoodteam
Hi, this should be absolutely fine but I'm afraid we haven't tested it.
dan.chappelowWRm3vtJ0
How long will this keep if I put it in a jar, still only 3 days unless frozen? Thanks Dan 😀
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It lasts much longer than 3 days, butter keeps for weeks in the fridge. Sugar and brandy don’t go off. I would say 3 weeks at least.
revdros
I’m housebound with Covid and making brandy butter for 20. Cent get out to buy vanilla pod so will vanilla essence do?

maggiebleksley
So you were housebound so as not to spread your germs, but it was all right to make this for 20 people?
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Recipe in pounds and ounces

goodfoodteam
Hi, to convert to pounds and ounces you can use our 'Volume and weight converter' on our 'Conversion guides' page (bbcgoodfood.com/conversion-guides). Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.