I love chewy cookies specially lace cookies or florentines , its Italian cookies which is paper thin and you can absolutely experiments with any ingredients and come up with new ideas. My favorite is Oatmeal Raisin Lace cookies. But as I mentioned in my previous post, my stock of after dinner , dessert was done, so have to make something , and I just got nice chopped almonds, wanted to use it and I always have all kinds of chocolate chips in my pantry. This was just pure experiment which was successful so didn't took a step wise pictures because I was not sure that its going to be successful or not. So when end result I see , that time I thought lets take at least this pictures so I can share it with you all. so here is my experiment of absolutely yummy crunchy and delicious chocolate covered almond lace florentines.
Ingredients :
3/4 cup very finely chopped lightly salted almonds
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1 tablespoon cream or half-n-half
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 oz. dark chocolate
2 oz. Milk chocolate - optional
Method:
Stir together almonds, butter, sugar, corn syrup, cream and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla and flour until combined. Place mixture in a medium bowl, and chill 30 minutes in refrigerator, or until cold.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Roll teaspoons of dough into balls. Place on cookie sheets, spacing about 3 inches apart. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool 2-3 minutes before transferring cookies to wire racks to cool.
Melt chocolate in a small bowl, in the microwave for 1 minute, or until melted. Spread a thin or thick (as per your love) layer of chocolate on the bottom halves of cookies. Press two cookies together to form a sandwich; repeat process. I used Milk chocolate also so just to try it but you can just do it with one chocolate.
Ingredients :
3/4 cup very finely chopped lightly salted almonds
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1 tablespoon cream or half-n-half
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 oz. dark chocolate
2 oz. Milk chocolate - optional
Method:
Stir together almonds, butter, sugar, corn syrup, cream and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla and flour until combined. Place mixture in a medium bowl, and chill 30 minutes in refrigerator, or until cold.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Roll teaspoons of dough into balls. Place on cookie sheets, spacing about 3 inches apart. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool 2-3 minutes before transferring cookies to wire racks to cool.
Melt chocolate in a small bowl, in the microwave for 1 minute, or until melted. Spread a thin or thick (as per your love) layer of chocolate on the bottom halves of cookies. Press two cookies together to form a sandwich; repeat process. I used Milk chocolate also so just to try it but you can just do it with one chocolate.
they look so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rafeeda. it was indeed.
DeleteWaaa!!! Nice.
ReplyDeletethanks Nava
DeleteAwesome !
ReplyDeletethanks Shobhaji
Deleteso cruncy cookies linsy.There is no major flours here ? wow !!!
ReplyDeleteGuess u typed Cashews in the ingredients instead of almonds.
thanks Sathya for pointing out, corrected now.
Deletekids will finish them in no time...lovely
ReplyDeleteoh ya , its done already. Thanks
DeleteI am going to book mark this recipe and make it. They look delicious,
ReplyDeletesure , let me know too, thanks
Deletelooks so yummy and crunchy ..
ReplyDeletethanks Gloria
DeleteLooks pretty and yummy! Nice ones.
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thanks Minnie.
Deletebeautiful cookies,kids would love to have it
ReplyDeleteFlorentines are such a special treat and yours look absolutely beautiful! I've yummed this post and will pin it too :-) Thank you for sharing such a lovely recipe with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop Link Party.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious. thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop,
ReplyDeleteOh gosh you've just reminded me I haven't tasted a florentine in aaaaages! Thanks so much for sharing with Tea Time Treats :)
ReplyDeleteJanie x