Lacy Cafe Florentines - unsalted butter

Method

• Preheat oven to 350*F. In a medium sauce pan, combine butter, sugar, and corn syrup and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until very smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add espresso powder, orange zest, orange juice concentrate, and vanilla and simmer for about 1 minute to dissolve the espresso powder.
• Remove from the heat and stir in flour.
• Drop heaping teaspoons onto a well greased baking sheet.
• Top each cookie with some of the ground nuts.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown and lacy.
• Remove from the oven and allow to stand for just under a minute.
• Remove cookies from pan with a spatula and place over a rolling pin to shape.
• This must be done before the cookies harden.
• Use wine bottles if you need more room.
• Let cookies cool on the rolling pin until they hold theirshape, about 5 minutes.
• Enjoy!