Milk Chocolate Florentine Cookies (Faster Nestle Version)
These are cookies from Austria with origins in Italy. Great when you want a cookie from around the world. They are crisp and delicate lacy like cookies when put together with chocolate make a sandwich cookie. It is meant to be crisp. Traditional Florentines have fruit in them but these are the chocolate version. This recipe is from Nestle and saves oodles of time by microwaving the chocolate rather than using a double broiler. Enjoy these they are a hit.
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READY IN: 50mins
YIELD: 3 1/2 dozen
UNITS: US
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 2⁄3cup butter
- 2cups quick oats
- 1cup granulated sugar
- 2⁄3
- 1⁄4
- 1⁄4cup milk
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4teaspoon salt
- 1 3⁄4cups milk chocolate chips
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DIRECTIONS
- PREHEAT oven to 375°F Line baking sheets with foil. (a must).
- MELT butter in medium saucepan; remove from heat. Stir in oats, sugar, flour, corn syrup, milk, vanilla extract and salt; mix well. Drop by level teaspoons, about 3 inches apart, onto foil-lined baking sheets. Spread thinly with rubber spatula.
- BAKE for 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets on wire racks. Peel foil from cookies.
- MICROWAVE morsels in medium, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 1 minute; STIR. Morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15-second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted. Spread thin layer of melted chocolate onto flat side of half the cookies. Top with remaining cookies to make sandwiches.
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