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Gather your ingredients: 55g butter, 55g caster sugar, 2tsp honey, 55g plain flour, 135g mixed peel & almonds, 85g choc
Gather your equipment: small pan, heatproof spoon, baking tray and parchment, scales
Preheat oven to 180oC
Add sugar to pan
Add butter and honey
Put on hob at low heat. Keep an eye on it in case it burns
Stir occasionally to combine
Prepare: 45g mixed peel and 45g almonds, the remaining 45g is your choice- I chose sesame seeds, apricots & orange zest
Stir as it melts
Add the flour to the same plate
It’s ready when melted and combined, it should be frothy at the surface
Add your dry ingredients and mix till combined
It will form a thick mixture
Spoon out onto baking parchment with two teaspoons, makes roughly 20 florentines so have two batches
Keep evenly spread out on the tray as they will flatten
Place in oven for 8 minutes
The edges will brown when they are done. If they are pale then bake for further 1 or 2 min otherwise they are soggy
Transfer to cooling rack
Melt the chocolate whilst they cool down
Place in microwave and stir frequently until smooth
Cover the edges in chocolate. Leave to set and enjoy!