Florentines

Name: Florentines
Yield: Makes about 4 dozen
Ingredients: 2 (4 oz.) bars sweet cooking chocolate; ¾ c. very finely chopped candied orange peel (4 oz. pkg.); ½ c. very finely chopped slivered blanched almonds; ¼ c. sifted flour; ¼ c. sugar; ¾ c. heavy cream

Preparation info

Makes about
4 dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Lacy cookies for special occasions

Ingredients

¾ c. heavy cream
¼ c. sugar
¼ c.

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Stir cream and sugar together to blend well. Stir in flour, almonds and orange peel. Drop by scant teaspoonfuls about 1¼" apart onto heavily greased and floured baking sheet. Flatten cookies with spatula; they will be about ½ to ¾" apart after flattening.
Bake in moderate oven (350°) about 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies brown lightly around edges. (Center