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Special florentines

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Ingredients:
1 cupUnsalted butter
8 ozGround pecan
2/3 cupSugar
2/3 cupFlaked coconut
2 tbspMilk
2 tbspAll purpose flour
2 tspVanilla
12 ozCoarsely chopped semisweet
-chocolate
2 ozCoarsely chopped unsweetened
-chocolate
Procedures:
1Preheat oven to 350 deg.
2Line baking sheet with foil.
3Line work surface with waxed paper.
4Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over low heat.
5Remove from heat.
6Add remaining ingredients except chocolate and stir well.
7Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared sheet, spacing 4 inches apart (about 5 cookies per sheet).
8Keep remaining batter warm over very low heat.
9Bake cookies 10 minutes.
10Slip foil off sheet.
11Let cookies cool until firm, about 10 minutes.
12Using thin spatula, transfer cookies to waxed paper.
13Repeat with remaining cookie batter, stirring well before using.
14Melt chocolates in double boiler over gently simmering water; stir until smooth.
15Take 2 cookies of similar size.
16Spread bottom of 1 cookie with 1 teaspoon melted chocolate.
17Top chocolate with second cookie, pressing gently to form "sandwich." repeat with remaining cookies.
18Let cool.
19(can be prepared 1 month ahead and frozen.
20Store between layers of waxed paper.
21Bring to room temperature before serving).