Choc Chip Friands with Cinnamon and Almonds

By Pilly

Ingredients

• 6 egg whites
• 185 g butter, melted
• 125 g almond meal
• 240 g icing sugar, sifted
• 75 g plain flour
• 100 g dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 25 g chopped almonds
• icing sugar, for dusting

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 200C.

Whisk egg whites lightly in a medium bowl and add butter, almond meal and icing sugar and stir well with a wooden spoon.

Add flour, chocolate and cinnamon and stir well to combine. Divide mixture evenly between 9 half-cup well-greased oval moulds. Sprinkle with chopped almonds and bake for about 25 minutes or until golden and cooked.

Rest for 5 minutes then turn onto a cake rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar before serving.