Biscuits, Bars And Cookies Recipes - Ginger Florentines

Ingredients

• 50g/4 tbsp butter

• 115g/1/2 cup caster sugar

• 50g/1/4 cup mixed glace cherries, chopped

• 25g/generous 1 tbsp candied orange peel, chopped

• 50g/1/2 cup flaked almonds

• 50g/1/2 cup chopped walnuts

• 25g/1 tbsp glace ginger, chopped

• 30ml/2 tbsp plain flour

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp ground ginger

TO FINISH

• 50g/2oz plain chocolate, melted

• 50g/2oz white chocolate, melted

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350'F/Gas 4. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Thoroughly mix in all the remaining ingredients, except the melted plain and white chocolate.

2. Line some baking sheets with non-stick baking paper. Put four small spoonfuls of the mixture on to each sheet, spacing them well apart to allow for spreading. Flatten the biscuits and bake for 5 minutes.

3. Remove the biscuits from the oven and flatten with a wet fork, shaping them into neat rounds. Return to the oven for about 3-4 minutes, until they are golden brown. Work in batches if necessary.

4. Let them cool on the baking sheets for 2 minutes to firm up, and then transfer them to a wire rack. When they are cold and firm, spread plain chocolate on the undersides of half the biscuits and white chocolate on the undersides of the rest.