Florentines - Fiorentine (Florentine Cookies)

• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup almonds
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• 1 tablespoon candied citrus peel (orange and lemon)
• 2 ounces butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 ounce candied cherry (about 5)
• 1/2 ounce crystallized ginger
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 4 ounces semisweet baking chocolate

1. Finely chop walnuts, almonds, raisins, orange and lemon peel, cherries, and ginger.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan, then add sugar and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
3. Bring to a boil and let it boil for 1 minute without stirring (until just turning light golden).
4. Remove from heat and mix well with cream and fruit-nut mixture.
5. Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet (if you have a Silpat, use it!), leaving plenty of space for spreading- try only doing four at a time until you see how large they spread.
6. Bake at 300 degrees F for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Let cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before carefully removing with spatula.
8. Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave and spread thinly on flat side of cookies.

walnuts, almonds, raisins, candied citrus peel, butter, sugar, candied cherry, ginger, cream, chocolate

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/florentines-fiorentine-florentine-cookies-46593 (may not work)