Best Gluten Free Financiers Recipes

FINANCIERS RECIPE

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This easy financiers recipe are are the perfect mixture of sweet and buttery with almond flour, egg whites, sugar, and nutty browned butter. These small, French almond flour cakes may easily be made gluten free with a simple adaptation.

Provided by Melissa Erdelac

Time 21m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

5 tablespoons (71 g) unsalted butter
¾ cup (85 g or 3 oz) finely ground almond flour
½ cup (113 g or 4 oz) granulated sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour or gluten free flour, ((I recommend Cup4Cup GF flour))
⅛ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup (75 g) egg whites
(optional) turbinado sugar, chopped chocolate, raspberries, blackberries, or slivered almonds, (for tops)

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375ºF and liberally grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin with baking spray.
To brown the butter, in a small skillet melt the butter over medium heat. Once the butter is fully melted watch carefully and stir occasionally so butter doesn't burn. First the butter will foam, then the white milk solids will start to settle at the bottom. Watch for the milk solids to turn brown. Once that happens, immediately remove from heat. Pour browned butter into a bowl so it doesn't cook more and burn from residual heat of pan. Set aside.
In a medium bowl whisk together the almond flour, sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in the egg whites, making sure there are no clumps of flour. Stir in the browned butter, mixing well.
Distribute the batter into the prepared pan, filling up each tin about halfway. To do this quickly and evenly, use a small cookie scoop, which holds about 1 tablespoon dough.
If desired, sprinkle turbinado sugar on top then place sliced almonds, chopped chocolate, sliced fruit, or a berry gently on top. Do not press down because it will sink down as it bakes.
Bake for 14 minutes, rotating pan halfway through, until the tops are golden brown. Run a small knife around the outside of each tin and invert onto a wire cooling rack. Turn cakes right side up and cool slightly before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 61 kcal, Carbohydrate 5 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 4 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 6 mg, Sodium 18 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 4 g, ServingSize 1 serving

GLUTEN FREE FINANCIERS

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This is a traditional French recipe for mini cakes which were supposed to fuel busy bankers on the go! The form is perfect to fit into a breast pocket, but I would not recommend trying that with a good white shirt ;-)

Provided by Marion Wilting

Categories Cakes

Time 1h12m

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

40 g almond flour
10 g cornstarch
2 eggwhites
40 g butter
40 g sugar

Steps:

1. Melt the butter, let cool, then preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F
2. In a bowl, beat the egg whites with the sugar until just foamy
3. Add the cooled melted butter, almond flour and cornstarch
4. Pour the batter into financiers tins or mini cake tins (the batter should be only about 1/2 inch high in the form), muffin tins are also possible, as long as the batter doesn't fill more than about 1/2 inch of the tins
5. Bake for about 12 minutes, but watch well, if they brown too quickly, remove them from the oven earlier!
6. Let cool until you can get them out without breaking them. Eat warm or let cool completely on a rack.