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Florentine Cookies (with photos)
« on: December 15, 2010, 11:49:04 pm »
Coconut Quinoa Florentine Cookies


Ingredients:

50 g Young Coconut
200 g Water
120 g Maple Sugar
Vanillaextract
1 Tsp candied Orangepeel (marinated in maple syrup)
1 TBS Chai Spice Powder
1 Pinch Nutmeg
50 g  Virgin Oil De Coco-Crème™
300 g sliced Almonds
100 g rolled Oats
30 g Quinoa (fresh ground)
1 Pinch Sea Salt

100 g  Cocoa Camino orange
10 g Cacao Butter


Method:
Blend young coconut with water, warm 3 min /  37° C/ speed 2. Blend again.
Add maple sugar, vanilla extract, orange peel  and heat for 5 min / 90° / speed 3
Add spices and coconut oil. Blend on speed 4.
Add sliced almonds, oatflakes and quinoa flour. Mix 10 sec / speed 3 using the spatula to help.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet lined with baking paper and bake for about 20 minutes at 170°C
Allow to cool
Melt the chocolate and cacao butter for 3 min / 50° C /  speed 1.
Dip cooled florentines into chocolate or brush on with pastry brush.


Photos: http://tebasileskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/12/florentine-cookies-with-coconut-and.html


Elisabeth -Thermomix Consultant- from Ontario, Canada
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Re: Florentine Cookies (with photos)
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 01:39:08 am »
I love florentines. They look lovely.
May all dairy items in your fridge be of questionable vintage.

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Re: Florentine Cookies (with photos)
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 09:24:10 am »
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Re: Florentine Cookies (with photos)
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2011, 09:37:26 am »
lol on a brighter note from all the spam - I am now wheat free (at the very least at the moment) after being so sick for many months and working out what it was with a food diary ... I have just stumbled on another recipe  :D
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Re: Florentine Cookies (with photos)
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2011, 09:41:39 am »
Another challenge for you Kathryn - I hope the change in diet will reward you with better health.  :-*
Judy from North Haven, South Australia

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