Crunchy, buttery easy florentine slice is a mash-up between classic florentines and Christmas crack. It's quick and addictively delcious!
Ingredients
- 20 Ritz Crackers (notes for more options)
- 1 cup slivered almonds (110g/~4oz)
- 1 cup Corn Flakes (33g/1 ¼oz)
- ½ cup glace cherries halved (100g / 3 ½oz)
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries low sugar (50g / ~ 1 ¾oz)
- 140 g unsalted butter (5oz)
- 150 g brown sugar (¾ cup)
- 1 tablespoon honey or golden syrup (notes 1)
- 1 teaspoon orange zest optional
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 125 g dark chocolate (~4 ½oz)
For best results, always weigh ingredients where a weight is provided
Equipment
- 23x30cm / 9x12 inch baking pan
- Heavy based medium saucepan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Grease then line a 23x30cm (9x12 inch) pan with baking paper.
- Break up the Ritz crackers into quarters and scatter them over the base of the pan in a single layer.20 Ritz Crackers
- Evenly scatter over the almonds, cornflakes, cherries and cranberries. Set aside.1 cup slivered almonds, 1 cup Corn Flakes, ½ cup glace cherries, ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- In a medium pan over medium heat, combine the butter, sugar and honey gently stirring until fully amalgamated.140 g unsalted butter, 150 g brown sugar, 1 tablespoon honey
- Let the mixture come to a simmer and let it continue bubbling for 2 minutes.
- Stir in the orange zest and salt.1 teaspoon orange zest, ¼ teaspoon salt
- Carefully drizzle the toffee mixture over the ingredients in the pan (it won’t cover it completely but it will become more fluid in the oven and fill in the gaps on it’s own so just make sure it’s evenly spread over the pan).
- Bake for 14 minutes. Be very careful when taking it out of the oven - it will be likely bubbling molten lava.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring well between each one until the chocolate is just melted.125 g dark chocolate
- Drizzle the chocolate over the florentine slice.
- Set the pan aside and let it cool for 30 minutes before lifting by the paper onto a cooling rack until it’s cool and hardened.
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Notes
- Tablespoons: I use a standard Australian 20ml tablespoon (equal to 4 teaspoons). Check yours before measuring.
- Ritz crackers are light, crispy and just lightly salted. You can use other types of crackers like Salada crackers, Saltine crackers, soda crackers or even pretzels. You want to fill about 50% of the pans base in a single layer with the crackers (you should have as much bare area as you do area covered with crackers on the base).
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