The Weekly Word Prompt: Holiday Treats
My daughter was supposed to come home today but has been delayed until Friday. We will be making one of our favourite treats….Florentines
A food blogger who I followed way back when and has since not blogged for a while, Bizzy Lizzy, put this recipe on her site. My daughter and I get together every now and then to have a bit of kitchen time together.
Here is Lizzy’s recipe
FLORENTINES A LA LIZZY
Ingredients
2 cups cornflakes, gluten free if preferred
1/2 cup sultanas
1 cup flaked or slivered almonds
100g dried pitted cherries (or cranberries)
1/2 cup caster sugar
100g unsalted butter
250g dark chocolate
Method
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C. Prepare a 1/2 cup muffin tray by placing large paper liners into the holes. Alternatively, place 15 paper liners onto a baking sheet. Combine the cornflakes, sultanas, almonds and cherries in a bowl and mix well.
Melt the butter and sugar in a small saucepan. (In one batch, I deliberately tried allowing the butter to caramelise slightly, for a yummy burnt butter taste. It was good). Add the melted butter/sugar mixture to the other ingredients and fold through, coating thoroughly. Spoon equal amounts into the paper liners. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool.
Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a double boiler over a saucepan of simmering water. Drizzle the chocolate over the Florentines in zig zag fashion. Refrigerate and serve chilled, in or out of the liners. Makes 15 or so. Will store well in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days.
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What a lovely idea!
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I love sharing in the kitchen with my daughters 🙂
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It’s that time of the year when sweets are allowed. Yum 😋
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Yes!!
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These sound delicious! A perfect ‘Holiday Treat’ ! Thank you Brian. 🙂
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They are Sue and so easy to make 🙂
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What a lovely idea. I used to bake with my son, but we haven’t cooked together for ages. Perhaps it’s time to start again.
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Yes Su, get him back in the kitchen. It was something my Mum and I used to do….probably because I used to be able to lick the Mixxmaster beaters lol
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He cooks at his flat, but I miss not having him share the kitchen with me!!
Licking the beaters: my brother and I used to fight over who got to do that. And you’ve reminded me of a Mothers’ Day card I got that says “a good mother lets you lick the beaters, a great one turns the mixer off first.”
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😀 😀
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4 days? Don’t be silly! They’d be gone in one sitting 🙂 🙂
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This is what we will be making today. I try to make them last a while so I have a few days of treats
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Ok- I won’t be greedy 🙂 🙂 Sending a hug for your daughter.
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Hug give, Florentines made won’t be long before one is in my belly 😀
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