Home » Hard Sauce (Brandy Butter) Hard Sauce (Brandy Butter) November 23, 2020As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.A traditional Hard Sauce recipe (aka Brandy Butter recipe) that’s quick and easy to make and will add extra flavor, moisture, and exquisite yumminess to your warm desserts!  It’s an absolute MUST for a traditional Christmas spread! This traditional brandy butter comes together in just minutes and will do wonders for your hot desserts! What is Hard Sauce / Brandy Butter? Hard Sauce, as it is called in the United States, is a sweetened butter flavored with brandy that is placed on top of hot desserts where it melts into a creamy, buttery sauce.  The sauce originated in England where it is known more quaintly as Brandy Butter.Brandy Butter can be made with brandy (hence its name), rum, cognac, sherry or whiskey, depending on your personal preference.  In England, brandy butter that’s made with rum is specific to the Cumbria region of northern England where it is known as Cumberland Rum Butter.To call it hard “sauce” is something of a misnomer as the consistency is fairly firm and spreadable.  However, as it is placed on a warm dessert (which is the customary way of serving it), it melts into what could be described as a dessert sauce.  Brandy butter should not be confused with brandy sauce which is a liquid sauce made of milk, butter, flour and sugar.

Brandy butter is very quick and easy to make and keeps for a long time in the

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