Latin Lace Florentines

== Description ==
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Galvan Estate in Fort Worth, Texas in 1986.
* Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
== Ingredients ==
* ¾ cup quick-cooking oats
* ¾ cup all-purpose flour
* ¾ cup granulated sugar
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* ¾ teaspoon chili powder
* ½ teaspoon baking soda
* ½ teaspoon salt
* 1½ cups sliced almonds
* 1¼ sticks unsalted butter melted
* ¼ cup milk
* ¼ cup light corn syrup
* 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
* 4 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate chopped
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 350°F with oven rack in the middle.
# Line baking sheet with heavy-duty aluminum foil buttered generously.
# In a large bowl whisk together oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, chili powder, baking soda and salt then stir in almonds.
# Add butter, milk, corn syrup and vanilla extract then stir to combine.
# Scoop heaping teaspoons of batter onto prepared sheets at least 3 inches apart six cookies per sheet.
# Bake one sheet at a time until the cookies are flat and browned around the edges approximately 8 minutes.
# Cool on sheets for several minutes then transfer to cooling rack.
# When all cookies are baked melt the chocolate in a metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water then using a very small tipped pastry bag or the tines of a fork drizzle chocolate in a zigzag pattern over the tops of the cookies.
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