Very Blanched Florentines

Very Blanched Florentines

Ingredients:
3/4 cup whipping (heavy) cream
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup very finely chopped blanched almonds
4 ounces candied orange peel -- very finely chopped
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions:
2 (4 ounce) bars sweet cooking chocolate
OR
2 (4 ounce) bars bittersweet chocolate
Heat oven to 350º. Grease and flour cookie sheet. Mix whipping cream and
sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in almonds, orange peel and
flour. (Dough may thicken as it stands.) Drop dough by rounded
teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet. Spread to form 2-inch
circles. (Dough may be sticky.)
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 2 minutes;
remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Heat chocolate until melted. Turn cookies over; spread with chocolate. Dry
several hours at room temperature until chocolate becomes firm.
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Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"54 Cookies"
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