Florentines - Fiorentine (Florentine Cookies) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup almonds
1 tablespoon raisins
1 tablespoon candied citrus peel (orange and lemon)
2 ounces butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 ounce candied cherry (about 5)
1/2 ounce crystallized ginger
1 tablespoon cream
4 ounces semisweet baking chocolate

Preparation

Finely chop walnuts, almonds, raisins, orange and lemon peel, cherries, and ginger.
Melt butter in a saucepan, then add sugar and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
Bring to a boil and let it boil for 1 minute without stirring (until just turning light golden).
Remove from heat and mix well with cream and fruit-nut mixture.
Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet (if you have a Silpat, use it!), leaving plenty of space for spreading- try only doing four at a time until you see how large they spread.
Bake at 300 degrees F for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Let cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before carefully removing with spatula.
Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave and spread thinly on flat side of cookies.