Berry Friands

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond meal (100g)
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 egg whites
• 125 g butter or 125 g margarine
• 3/4 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup blueberries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 melt the butter either in the microwave or in a saucepan over low heat on the stove. set aside.
• 3 sift the icing sugar, flour and baking powder together into a large bowl. add the almond meal and stir to combine.
• 4 add the egg whites and stir to combine.
• 5 add the butter and stir to combine. don't worry if there are a few lumps, just make sure there aren't too many. mixture should be medium thick.
• 6 lightly grease 10 muffin cups of about 1/2-cup capacity. if your tray has 12, grease 10 and fill the remaining cups with water.
• 7 spoon 2 tablespoons into each cup, then sprinkle 2-4 blueberries on top.
• 8 bake for 15-25 minutes, or until they spring back lightly when touched.