Peanut Butter + Choc Chip Friands
Choc chips AND peanut butter? Oh yes a scrumptious match made in friand heaven!
Gluten Free
Makes 12 · 12 hole Friand Tray
Ingredients
60g Anything But Ordinary Plain Flour
20g cornflour
120g icing sugar
90g coconut sugar, powdered*
120g almond meal
150g dark chocolate chips
170g butter, melted
100g crunchy peanut butter*
6 egg whites
50g chopped dark chocolate
1 tablespoon icing sugar to serve
Method
Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
Line a 12 hole friand tray with baking paper.
Sieve Anything But Ordinary Plain Flour, cornflour, icing sugar and coconut sugar into a large mixing bowl.
Add almond meal and whisk together then mix in the chocolate chips.
Mix melted butter with peanut butter and stir until combined and smooth.
Beat egg whites until foamy.
Pour butter mix and beaten egg whites into the flour and chocolate. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
Scoop out ⅓ level cup of mix for each friand. Scatter some chopped chocolate on top of each one.
Bake for 25 minutes, rotating tray half way.
When cooked they should be pale brown, domed in the middle and a skewer comes out clean.
Cool on wire racks.
When ready to serve sieve icing sugar on top.
Best eaten fresh but can be kept in an airtight container for a couple of days.
* Notes
Powdered coconut sugar is easily made from coconut sugar whizzed in a high speed blender until fine.
For peanut butter use natural 100% peanuts.