Chocolate lace cookies

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
-Patricia Dwigans fwds07a-
½cupButter
1tablespoonFlour
½cupSugar
1tablespoonHeavy cream
1tablespoonMilk
¾cupGround almonds; 1/2 cup blanched almonds ground in blender
4ouncesSemisweet chocolate bits
½ounceCocoa butter; to 1-oz, available in drug stores

Directions

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.