Best Snap Dessert Cups Recipes

Ginger Lemon Dessert Cups image

Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 box instant lemon pudding
Cold milk, amount depends on brand of pudding, check package directions
20 to 24 gingersnap cookies
3 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 pint strawberries, sliced
2 pieces crystallized ginger, finely chopped, for garnish
Store bought real whipped cream in canister
1 lemon, zested

Steps:

Mix pudding to package directions and let stand 5 minutes. Grind gingersnaps in food processor into crumbs. Remove bowl from processor and take out blade. Add butter to the food processor and stir to moisten the crumbs. Pour crumbs into 4 small glass bowls and press the crumbs up the sides of the bowls, lining each dish with a ginger snap "crust". Add a few slices of strawberries to each bowl. Fill each dish with lemon pudding and top with a few more sliced berries and chopped crystallized ginger. Add a whip cream rosette to each dessert and garnish with lemon zest.

Brandy-Snap Cups image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes 14 cookie cups

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup sugar
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, (1 stick)
1/3 cup molasses
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup flour
2 tablespoons Cognac

Steps:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan combine sugar, butter, molasses, zest, ginger, and cinnamon over medium heat. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Whisk in flour. Add cognac, and whisk until smooth.
Drop batter, 1 heaping tablespoon at a time, onto a baking sheet lined with a Silpat baking mat. Prepare only 2 cookies at a time, as they harden quickly once removed from the oven and are difficult to shape.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Get several custard cups, about 3 inches in diameter and 2 1/2 inches deep, at the ready for molding. Remove snaps from oven, and let cool for 3 minutes. Run a thin spatula all around the perimeter of one snap at a time to loosen the bottom completely. Quickly place the snap, flat side up, over the bottom of a custard cup. Let cool. (If the snap becomes hard before removing from baking sheet, return briefly to the oven.) Repeat with remaining snaps.