(Adapted from Exclusively Food)
Yields 6
Ingredients
100g butter
4 large egg whites
45g plain flour
140g pure icing sugar
85g almond meal
40 g Mixed berries
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tbsp Icing Sugar, for dusting
Method
Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius or 170 degree Celsius if fan forced.
Grease a 6 cup non stick friand pan or a muffin pan and keep it aside.
Now melt the butter and keep it aside to cool. In a medium sized bowl whisk the egg whites for about a minute till they are aired and frothy. No need to whisk to soft peaks.
Sift the flour, icing sugar and almond meal into the egg whites and fold them in.
Add the melted butter and vanilla and mix till combined.
Pour the mixture equally in all the friand or muffin cups and top with frozen or fresh berries of your choice.
Bake for 25 minutes in the pre heated oven or till the friands turn golden brown in colour and spring back when the tops are pressed. A wooden skewer or knife inserted into the centre should come out clean.
Remove the friands and let them cool on a cooling rack.
Once they have cooled sprinkle some icing sugar on it. You can serve the friands at room temperature or slightly warmed. Enjoy!