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Easy Florentines

Preparation 15 Minutes

Cook 15 Minutes

Serves 12

Method
Ingredients

Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan).Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl, combine Corn Flakes, almonds, sultanas and cherries, mix well.Pour over the sweetened condensed milk and stir to coat.

Place an egg ring onto prepared pan.Spoon the mixture into the egg ring, filling to the top and gently pressing down to compact.Remove egg ring and repeat, with remaining mixture, 6 biscuits on each tray.

Bake biscuits for 15 mins, swapping the trays around half way.Remove from oven and allow biscuits to cool completely on trays.

Melt the chocolate and brush onto the bases of each biscuit.Rest cookies on a baking rack, chocolate side up, to allow chocolate to set.

You will need a 7.5cm egg ring for this recipe

Ingredients

70g Corn Flakes

75g Sunbeam Slivered Almonds

110g Sunbeam Sultanas

70g Sunbeam Glacé Cherries, roughly chopped

165ml sweetened condensed milk

150g milk chocolate melts

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