Almond Chocolate Fingers
- 60 g butter
- 125 g ground almonds
- 12 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 60 g butter
- 13 cup sugar
- 13 cup liquid glucose
- 125 g sliced almonds
- 2 tablespoons water
- 90 g dark chocolate
- 30 g Copha
- BASE.
- Place butter, ground almonds and sugar in small bowl and beat until combined.
- Add eggs, mix well.
- Add sifted sugar and flour and stir through.
- Grease 2 oven trays, line with greaseproof paper and grease paper lightly.
- Divide base evenly between the trays, spreading mixture to a length of 20cm (8in) by 15 cm (6in) wide.
- Bake in a moderately hot oven for 7 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove and spread with topping whilst still warm.
- Return to oven and bake a further 5 minutes or until topping is a pale golden brown colour.
- Cut into fingers while still warm and allow to cool on wire rack.
- Melt chocolate and Copha in top part of a double saucepan over simmering water ( I use my microwave on a low setting) .
- Pour chocolate into a small bowl, dip biscuits diagonally (so as to get chocolate on a diagonal) into chocolate, place on aluminum foil to set.
- Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
- TOPPING.
- Place butter, sugar glucose, flaked almonds and water in a small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
- Bring to boil and boil for 4 minutes.
butter, ground almonds, caster sugar, eggs, flour, butter, sugar, liquid glucose, almonds, water, chocolate, copha
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/almond-chocolate-fingers-166660 (may not work)