cookies
Florentines
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Dash of salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 cup Baker’s Angel Flake Coconut
1/2 teaspon vanilla
2 squares Baker’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Mix flour, soda and salt. Cream 1/4 cup butter. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add corn syrup and egg. Blend well. Stir in flour mixture, coconut and vanilla. Drop by half teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between. Bake at 350 F about 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove quickly and finish cooling on wire racks. If wafers harden on sheets return to oven briefly. Melt chocolate and 1 tablespoon butter in saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Drizzle over wafers.
Makes 4 dozen cookies
This recipe created by Kraft Foods.