Florentines - Fiorentine (florentine Cookies)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup almonds
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• 1 tablespoon candied citrus peel (orange and lemon)
• 2 ounces butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 ounce candied cherry (about 5)
• 1/2 ounce crystallized ginger
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 4 ounces semisweet baking chocolate

Recipe

• 1 finely chop walnuts, almonds, raisins, orange and lemon peel, cherries, and ginger.
• 2 melt butter in a saucepan, then add sugar and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 bring to a boil and let it boil for 1 minute without stirring (until just turning light golden).
• 4 remove from heat and mix well with cream and fruit-nut mixture.
• 5 spoon heaped teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet (if you have a silpat, use it!), leaving plenty of space for spreading- try only doing four at a time until you see how large they spread.
• 6 bake at 300 degrees f for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• 7 let cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before carefully removing with spatula.
• 8 melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave and spread thinly on flat side of cookies.