Lacy Cafe Florentines
- 14 cup unsalted butter
- 13 cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
- 1 orange, zest of
- 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
- 1 dash pure vanilla extract
- 12 cup flour
- 12 cup hazelnuts, toasted and ground
- Preheat oven to 350*F. In a medium sauce pan, combine butter, sugar, and corn syrup and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until very smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add espresso powder, orange zest, orange juice concentrate, and vanilla and simmer for about 1 minute to dissolve the espresso powder.
- Remove from the heat and stir in flour.
- Drop heaping teaspoons onto a well greased baking sheet.
- Top each cookie with some of the ground nuts.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown and lacy.
- Remove from the oven and allow to stand for just under a minute.
- Remove cookies from pan with a spatula and place over a rolling pin to shape.
- This must be done before the cookies harden.
- Use wine bottles if you need more room.
- Let cookies cool on the rolling pin until they hold theirshape, about 5 minutes.
- Enjoy!
unsalted butter, light brown sugar, light corn syrup, espresso powder, orange, orange juice concentrate, vanilla, flour, hazelnuts
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lacy-cafe-florentines-118147 (may not work)