Almond Chocolate Fingers

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 60 g butter
• 125 g ground almonds
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 60 g butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup liquid glucose
• 125 g sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons water
• 90 g dark chocolate
• 30 g copha

Recipe

• 1 base.
• 2 place butter, ground almonds and sugar in small bowl and beat until combined. add eggs, mix well. add sifted sugar and flour and stir through. grease 2 oven trays, line with greaseproof paper and grease paper lightly. divide base evenly between the trays, spreading mixture to a length of 20cm (8in) by 15 cm (6in) wide. bake in a moderately hot oven for 7 minutes or until golden brown. remove and spread with topping whilst still warm. return to oven and bake a further 5 minutes or until topping is a pale golden brown colour.
• 3 cut into fingers while still warm and allow to cool on wire rack. melt chocolate and copha in top part of a double saucepan over simmering water ( i use my microwave on a low setting) . pour chocolate into a small bowl, dip biscuits diagonally (so as to get chocolate on a diagonal) into chocolate, place on aluminum foil to set. store in airtight container in refrigerator.
• 4 topping.
• 5 place butter, sugar glucose, flaked almonds and water in a small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. bring to boil and boil for 4 minutes.