Soft brandy snaps - how to crisp up?

Not sure if this counts as money saving, except that I bought 3 boxes at 50p each from B&M and don't want to throw them away! They're just not the same all soft, does anyone know if I can just put them in the oven to crisp them up again?
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  • krlyr
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    If you're going to throw them away otherwise, I don't see the harm in trying it with a few!
  • This_Year
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    Wouldn't put them in for too long though as Brandy Snaps do come out of the oven soft to crispen up on the rack.

    Crispen is a word. I just coined it. ;)
  • Raksha
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    Id use as low a temp as possible, or maybe even warm the oven up and turn it off, just using the residual heat. I used my dehydrator to crisp up some ice cream waffle cones succesfully
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  • amibovvered
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    edited 1 February 2014 at 11:34AM
    krlyr wrote: »
    If you're going to throw them away otherwise, I don't see the harm in trying it with a few!

    Oh, absolutely! I just hoped someone might say 'I always do such-and-such and it works like a charm!'

    Will try the low heat/short time and see what happens. If it works I think they still have a few boxes left at B&M . . .

    I have nothing to lose but my waistline :D

    ETA - Just had another thought, I'll put one pack in the freezer - don't know why I didn't think of that before
    I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss, Not in the next life, I want it in this, I want it in this

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  • booter
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    As This Year said, when they come out of the oven, they'll be soft anyway. Every time I've made them, my recipe says to grease the handle of a wooden spoon and roll them round the handle as soon as they come out of the oven.
    And I think freezing them will probably add a bit of moisture, so you'll need to defrost and then do the oven thing again. And as Raksha says - just enough to warm them through (they burn quite easily!)

    Although I've always been fond of slightly chewy brandy snaps........:o
  • meg72
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    Think I would try microwaving , it works with stale biscuits.
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  • hilstep2000
    hilstep2000 Forumite Posts: 3,089 Forumite
    Send em to me! I purposely open mine to soften them, don't like them hard!!!
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  • rebecca.483
    rebecca.483 Forumite Posts: 9 Forumite
    I want to know if anything worked to crisp them up
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