Raspberry Friands

I was given a cookbook for Christmas and this was the first thing I made..yummm! (You can use a muffin tin if you dont have friand moulds.)

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 8-10 friands

Ingredients

• 175  g butter, melted and cooled
• 1  cup  ground almonds
• 1 1⁄2 cups icing sugar
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 5  egg whites
• 1  teaspoon  raspberry essence
• 1  cup fresh raspberry (you can use frozen)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 220°C.
2. Spray a tray of friand moulds (or a muffin tray) with non stick baking spray.
3. Place the ground almonds, icing sugar and flour in a mixing bowl.
4. Add the unbeaten egg whites and mix together.
5. Add the melted butter and raspberry essence and mix well.
6. Spoon approximately a tablespoon of mixture into each mould. Place a few raspberries in each mould then cover with the remaining mixture.
7. Bake for 5 minutes, then turn oven down to 200C and bake a further 12-15 minutes.
8. Cool in tin for 5 minutes before turning out on to wire rack to cool.