Friands

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 5 egg whites, lightly beaten
• 180 g unsalted butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 200deg.
• 2 c.
• 3 lightly grease 12 friand moulds.
• 4 if friand moulds are not available, muffin tins can be used.
• 5 place dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
• 6 add egg whites and butter and stir again until the mixture is smooth.
• 7 spoon evenly into friand moulds and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the tops have started to crack and the edges are golden brown.
• 8 remove from oven and allow to rest in moulds for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire cake rack to cool completely.
• 9 dust friands with icing sugar before serving.
• 10 variations: before baking, friands can be topped with raspberries, rhubarb or blueberries.
• 11 2 tablespoons poppy seeds and the grated rind of 2 lemons, oranges or mandarins can be added to the dry ingredients.
• 12 if using citrus in the mixture, a glaze of melted marmalade can be brushed on the cooked friands whilst they are cooling.
• 13 friands are best eaten on the day they are made.