These Browned Butter Almond Financiers are the perfect little treat with your afternoon tea, coffee or for weekend brunch.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 27 minutesminutes
Servings 12-18
Author I Sugar Coat It
Ingredients
50gramsalmond flourabout ⅔ cup, or hazelnut flour
50gramsunbleached½ cup, all-purpose flour
2.5gramsbaking powder½ teaspoon
125gramssuperfine sugarabout ⅔ cup
100mlbrowned butterliquid
100gramsegg whitesabout ½ cup
3gramsvanilla bean paste½ teaspoon
raspberriesblueberries, granola, nuts for topping
Instructions
In a medium bowl, sift together the almond flour, all-purpose flour and baking powder. Add sugar and combine.
Add the liquid browned butter and use a spatula to mix to form a paste.
Add the egg whites a little at a time until well combined and smooth.
Refrigerate overnight for best results.
Preheat oven 350ºF.
Prepare financier mold or mini muffin tin with non-stick spray and place on a baking sheet.
Remove paste from fridge and add to a piping bag fitted with a plain tip (can be done without a piping tip).
Pipe each cavity to about two-thirds full and ad toppings. You may also choose to add the toppings halfway through baking to keeping them from sinking too far into the batter.
Place in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes (depending on your oven). They should be a springy with a golden brown colour.
Best enjoyed while warm, or within the same day baked.