Florentines

Ingredients
50g butter
1/3 cup dark brown and caster sugar mixed
¼ cup golden syrup
½ cup self-raising flour
8 glace cherries, finely chopped
grated lemon and mandarin zest
1/3 cup sliced almonds
¼ cup raisins
175g/6oz plain chocolate, broken into pieces
175g/6oz white chocolate, broken into pieces

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line 3 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2. Measure the butter, sugar and syrup into a small pan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Remove from the heat and add the flour, chopped cherries, zest and nuts to the pan and stir well to mix. Spoon 1 tsp of the mixture on to the prepared baking trays, leaving plenty of room for them to spread.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Allow the florentines to cool on the paper before lifting on to a cooling rack with a palette knife. (If the florentines have been baked on greased baking trays, then allow them to harden for a few minutes only before lifting on to cooling racks to cool completely. If the florentines do become too hard to remove, then pop them back into the oven for a few minutes to allow them to soften.)
4. Melt the chocolate in a bowl placed over a pan of hot water. Spread a little melted chocolate over the flat base of each florentine, mark a zig-zag in the chocolate with a fork and leave to set, chocolate side up, on the cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.