Florentines - Chocolate Almond Lace Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces butter
• 4 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 12 tablespoons flour (sifted)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2-1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups blanched almonds, chopped
• 3 ounces chocolate
• 5 teaspoons vegetable oil or 5 teaspoons canola oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f and line cookie sheets with aluminum foil.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar.
• 3 stir in the corn syrup and vanilla.
• 4 stir in the flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• 5 blend until smooth and stir in the almonds. drop by heaping measuring teaspoonfuls onto the foil-lined cookie sheets - 3 inches apart.
• 6 bake for 10 minutes until the edges are browned.
• 7 let cool completely on the foil.
• 8 then peel away the foil.
• 9 melt the oil and chocolate (of your choice).
• 10 you can brush the bottom of each cookie with the chocolate or you can sandwich two cookies together.
• 11 place in a tightly covered container, but do not refrigerate.
• 12 place waxed paper between layers of florentines.