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      Title: FLORENTINES
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 batch

      1 c  Sugar
    3/4 c  Cream, heavy; plus 2 Tbsp
    1/4 c  Butter
  1 1/4 c  Almonds, finely ground
      2 T  Cake flour, unsifted;
           1/2 T
      2 c  Almonds, sliced
    1/2 c  Candied orange peel;
           -finely chopped

  Combine sugar, cream and butter in a medium-size saucepan.  Heat slowly,
  stirring constantly, until mixture bubbles.  Add ground almonds and
  flour; heat 1 minute or until mixture bubbles again.  Remove from heat;
  stir in sliced almonds and candied orange peel just until well coated.

  Drop by slightly rounded teaspoonsfu, 2 inches apart, onto greased
  cookie sheets; flatten cookies to a 2-inch round with a moistened fork.

  Bake in a 325 F. oven for 12 minutes or until golden.  Remove cookie
  sheets from oven; let stand 1 minute or until firm.  Remove cookies with
  wide spatula to wire racks.  Cool.  If cookies become too brittle to
  remove from cookie sheets, return to oven for 30 seconds.


                          FROM:   Family Circle magazine, 12/11/1979 issue

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