Florentines (Italy)

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These cookies are really good. I made some for the first time last week and am now adding this recipe to my traditional Christmas cookie giveaway!

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What a great recipe, almost as good as bakery. For me, that's good enough for this elegant cookie. I like them even w/o chocolate. This is the one cookie that gets eaten up the fastest, addictive. The second time I made these I scooped the cooled filling into a plastic pastry bag, sprayed with oil first. It made the cookies get onto the sheet faster. Baked exactly 10 mins and 30 secs to take out golden. Even if some cookies bake into one another, it's ok. You can break apart when cool, it still looks fine. Let sit on parchment on a rack for 5 or 10 mins and they peel off easily. As recipe states, do NOT store these with other, softer cookies or they will lose their crunch.

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These were a hit! I love the orange hints paired with the almonds. Used sliced, unblanched almonds, and they still turned out great.

Easy and straightforward to make.

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Everyone loved these! Not one person had a complaint! I've been asked to make these again this year for Christmas, and I can't wait to have one myself.

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These turned out great!! I loved the orange taste to it and the chocolate drizzling. I made it for bake sales and tons of Christmases past! I love this recipe!

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Love these cookies! A long process if it's your first time....but well worth it ;

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Love these cookies!!! I left out the orange zest because I've never had them that way and it didn't sound good. I also use honey instead of corn syrup. I found another similar recipe using honey and didn't want to buy a whole bottle of corn syrup that I'd never use. They are very simple and easy to make. I also didn't bother using a food processor for the almonds. If you buy sliced almonds it's easy to just break them up in the bowl with your hands. Much less risk of over processing. I found 5.5 minutes is the best cooking time for me. You do have to be very careful of the size and it may take a few tries to get the right cooking time. I used to buy these at a local bakery for a pretty hefty price but now I can make them at home for pennies!!!

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AARRGGG! Not easy to make....at least it wasn't for me. I've had Florentines before, I know they are good. I am just stubborn enough to keep trying. I had a catastrophe with the dough! It was completely crumbly and non cohesive. I think my problem may have been the fact that I was doubling the recipe, or that I didn't cook the sugar long enough. Either way I tried to salvage all the ingredients by adding a ton of melted butter and flour, balled them up and baked. Half way through baking I had to manually flatten them. LOL, it gets worse....They looked awful but tasted decent at best. Well, I sifted confectioners sugar on them while warm then used the melted chocolate to decorate. People still ate them at the party and asked for the recipe. When life hands you lemons..... :

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Some of my cookies spread correctly, however a large percentage of them did not. Although the finished product was delicious, it was far from worth working with the uncooperative dough and having many not turn out.

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I've been making these for Christmas the last 4-5 years and they are always a hit. They are very delicate and add a little pizazz. The combo of the orange and chocolate is just divine. However, it is very easy to over bake them. Never walk away from the oven. They cook in no time. Keep your eyes on them. When they turn a light golden color take them out. They will continue to cook on the hot cookie sheet. If they are done to perfection when you take them out of the oven immediately slide the parchment paper with the cookies on them off. If they can use a little more color leave them on the cookie sheet for a minute. It takes a couple of tries.....the temp varies from oven to oven. This one is soooo worth it. They look fancy too. Yummmmmm!