dessert recipes

Chocolate Lace Cookies


cookies

1/2 cup butter
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon heavy cream
1 tablespoon 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

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.