Florentines
Lovely florentines are one of the most elegant cookies you can make. They are so pretty you wouldn't think they are easy but they really are.
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons margarine, or butter
- 4 tablespoons superfine sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 4 ounces blanched almonds, coarsely chopped
- 3 ounces chocolate, plain
- 1 ounce blanched almonds, cut into long shreds
- 2 ounces candied peel
- 2 ounces walnuts, chopped
- 1 ounce glace cherries
- 2 ounces raisins, sultana
- 3 ounces chocolate, plain
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Put butter and sugar in a saucepan and heat until melted. Stir in all other ingredients except shredded almonds and chocolate.
- Grease and flour 2 large cookie pans and put small heaps of mixture on these, allowing room to spread. Press shredded almonds on top.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes in centre of oven. Allow to cool before putting cakes on a cooling rack.
- Melt chocolate in small bowl over a pot of hot water. Coat the bottom of each cookie with melted chocolate or draw or pipe chocolate lines across cakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 53mgPotassium: 95mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 181IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
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