Florentines

Last weekend I stayed at my friend Susy's house and we decided to make florentines... we made up the recipe a little. It is one of those things which is basically made up of any kind of dried fruit and in our case cereal that you can find, so that you have a cakey mixture.

So here it is. Enjoy!

Just a quick note that these quantities make  about 4 trays worth of florentines so if that sounds like a lot, I would half the ingredient quantities.

Ingrediants
60g butter
150g golden caster sugar
4 tsp flour
150ml crème fraîche
100g flaked almonds, toasted
2 tbsp candied peel
50g dried berries
2 tbsp crunchie nut cornflakes or cereal of your choosing
4 tbsp raisins
50g glace cherries
300g of chocolate of your choice

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Heat the butter, sugar and flour in a pan over a medium heat, until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved.
3. Gradually add the crème fraîche until well combined.
4. Add the dried fruit, nuts and cereal and mix well.
5. Grease a baking tray and place a couple of teaspoons of the florentine mixture on to it for each one. Space them out as they tend to spread!
6. Bake for around 15 mins and then leave to cool
7. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. 
8. Dip the florentines in the chocolate. And then leave to cool so that the chocolate sets. 

These are amazing by the way, they are like flapjacks but better and then dipped in chocolate. What's not to love?!

Marshmallow Krispie Cakes

A quick, easy and delicious after school snack - not that healthy but you can't have everything!

You can buy these for 55p from most corner shops in the UK under the name "Squares" and are made by Kellogg's. And although relatively cheap in comparison to chocolate bars, you can make them for a lot cheaper

Ingredients:

40g butter

200g marshmallows

120g rice krispies or other rice cereal (these can be replaced by nuts, fruit etc)

Melt the butter and marshmallows over a low heat until an incorporated gooey liquid.

Take off the heat and stir in the cereal until completely coated in melted marshmallow.

Grease a baking tray (20x20) and then scoop the mixture in to it. Pat the mixture down so it is as flat as possible.

Leave to set in a cool place for as long as needed- mine only took 30 mins.

Then they are ready to eat. See, super quick and easy!