Raspberry Friands

Recipe courtesy: TASTE.COM.AU

INGREDIENTS

• Melted butter, to grease
• Plain flour, to dust
• 195g (1 1/2 cups) pure icing sugar, sifted
• 75g (1/2 cup) plain flour, sifted
• 155g (1 1/2 cups) almond meal
• 3 eggs, lightly whisked
• 180g unsalted butter, melted, cooled
• 100g frozen raspberries
• 2 tablespoons flaked almonds
• Icing sugar, to dust

METHOD

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush thirty 40ml-capacity mini muffin pans with melted butter to grease. Dust with plain flour.
• Step 2
  Combine the sugar, flour and almond meal in a bowl. Make a well in the centre. Add egg and butter. Stir until well combined.
• Step 3
  Divide among the prepared pans. Divide the raspberries among the centres. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
• Step 4
  Bake for 15-20 minutes or until light golden. Set aside in the pans for 5 minutes to cool slightly before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
• Step 5
  Dust the friands with icing sugar to serve.