Name: Miniature Florentines
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 2 1/2 hr
Yield: Makes about 7 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar; 3 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 1/2 tablespoons mild honey; 2 tablespoons heavy cream; 2/3 cup sliced almonds; 1/4 cup finely chopped fine-quality candied orange peel*; 8 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), finely chopped; parchment paper

Candied-Fruit Honey Wafers Dipped in Chocolate

You might be tempted to bake 2 sheets of cookies at a time in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Don't give in to this urge — the cookies must go in the middle of the oven to cook through and brown evenly.

Cooks' note:

· Cookies keep, layered between sheets of wax or parchment paper (do not overlap) and chilled in an airtight container, 1 week.

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