Florentines

These sweet florentines gain flavor from almonds and candied orange peels before they're dipped in melted chocolate for the perfect delicate dessert.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 65 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon shortening, or as needed
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 0.5 cup whipping cream
• 0.33333334326744 cup slivered almonds
• 0.5 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 0.25 pound chopped candied orange peel

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets with shortening and dust with flour.

Step 3

Stir cream and sugar together in a bowl. Stir in orange peel, flour, and almonds until combined. Drop batter in teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets, keeping each cookie well apart from each other.

Step 4

Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.

Step 5

Spread bottoms of cooled cookies with melted chocolate using a spatula, or spear cookies on a fork and dip bottoms into chocolate. Let dry, bottoms-up, on waxed paper.