Preheat the oven to 175°C. Melt the butter and leave to cool until just warm. Sift together the flour, icing sugar and baking powder then stir in the ground almonds and coconut. Whisk the egg whites until fluffy but not stiff. Fold into the dry ingredients then fold in the melted butter and set the mixture aside for 10 minutes.

Ingredients

250	g butter
1	cup self-raising flour
3 1/3	cups icing sugar
1	teaspoon baking powder
1	cup ground almonds
1 1/2	cup dried coconut
10	egg whites
70	g blueberries

Directions

Spray or brush friand moulds with oil. Pour the mixture in, add a berry (or 2 if using blueberries) to the centre of each (no need to push down as they sink) and bake for 20 minutes. Cool on a rack before tipping out of the moulds. Dust with icing sugar from a height to give a fine sprinkling.

Categories

Berries, Eggs, Nuts, Snacks, FrenchGerman, Bake

Nutritional Analysis

Nutrition Grade 96% confidence

Good points Low in sodium

Bad points High in saturated fat Very high in sugar