Spooky Spiderweb Florentine Recipe
Florentines are thin, buttery biscuits usually made from nuts, caramel, and coated in a layer of chocolate. Make these thin, crispy cookies and decorate them with chocolate spiderwebs for your next Halloween party!
Florentines may look as lacy and delicate as a spiderweb, but they’re very simple to prepare. The heat of the oven does most of the work, transforming mounds of the easy-to-make dough into thin, crisp, nutty cookies. Then create the spiderweb design by starting in the middle of the cookie with melted bittersweet chocolate and slowly forming circles to the outer edge. Finally, create the “legs” by going from the center to the edge all the way around.
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Once the fanciful drizzle of chocolate has set on the florentine, they’ll disappear before you can say, “Boo!” These are best the day they are made.
1/2 cup pecans, toasted
2 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 teaspoons honey
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pulse together pecans and oats in a food processor until finely ground. Melt butter in a small saucepan. Add sugars and honey and cook over medium heat, stirring, until sugars are melted and mixture is simmering, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in pecan mixture, flour, salt, and cinnamon. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
2. Mound 2 teaspoonfuls of dough, one on top of the other, to form each cookie; place 2 to 3 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten stacked mounds to 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Bake until cookies spread and are golden throughout, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.
3. Place chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until melted; remove from heat. Pour chocolate into a parchment cone or resealable plastic bag; snip off a tiny corner. Pipe chocolate onto each cookie in a spiral, working out from center. Pipe lines from outside in and back again, all the way around. Let set at room temperature or in refrigerator before serving.
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