Cookie method - Chocolate Florentines

A chocolate florentine is all the time a treat. And this chocolate cookie formula is delicious and easy to make. Serve these cookies as a snack or as an after evening meal treat.

How To Make Chocolate Florentines

Chocolate Cookies

This aggregate of rich chocolate and dried fruit and nuts is a classic, extra chance biscuit.

Preparation Time: 12 minutes

Cooking Time: 25- 35 mins

Makes 12 -14

Ingredients:

1 oz/25 gm glace cherries

2 ½ oz/ 60 gm unsalted butter

2 oz/ 50 gm caster sugar

2 tablespoon duplicate cream

1 oz/ 25 gm raisins

1 oz/ 25 gm mixed candied peel

2 oz/ 50 gm flaked almonds

2 tablespoons plain flour

5 oz/ 150 gm chocolate, broken into pieces

Method of Preparation

1- Lightly grease a large baking sheet.

2- Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Stir in the sugar and heat until bubbling. Take off from the heat and stir in the cream, dried fruits, almonds, flour and chopped glace cherries.

3- Place teaspoonfuls of the aggregate on the baking sheet, manufacture sure they are spaced well apart. These will have to be done in a minimum of two batches.

4- Bake in a preheated oven 180C, for about 8 minutes until the aggregate has spread. Immediately, using a greased, plain biscuit cutter, push in the edge of each biscuit to form neat roundels. Bake for a added 2 minutes, then exchange the Florentines to a sheet of non-stick baking parchment to cool. Bake the remaining aggregate in the same way.

5- Melt the chocolate pieces in a duplicate boiler. Using a palette knife spread each biscuit with abundance of chocolate and leave to set on a clean sheet of paper.

Cookie method - Chocolate Florentines