Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 tbsp flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 tbsp milk
3/4 cup ground almonds, 1/2 cup blanched almonds
4 oz semisweet chocolate bits
1/2 oz cocoa butter, to 1-oz, available in dr
Directions
Preheat oven to 350~. Place butter, flour, sugar, cream and milk
in a small pan and heat slowly until butter is melted. Stir in
almonds. Grease and flour large baking sheet. Spoon 5 well spaced
teaspoons of mixture onto sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes. Cool 1 minute
and transfer top side down to paper towels. Repeat baking 5 at a
time until all mixture is used. Melt chocolate and cocoa butter, or
you can use paraffin, in top of a double boiler and dribble on cooled
lace. Chill to harden chocolate.
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Chocolate; Cookie; Dessert
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We hope you enjoy this Chocolate Lace Cookies recipe.
