Blackberry–Brown Butter Financiers

Name: Blackberry–Brown Butter Financiers
Yield: makes 12 small cakes
Ingredients: 7 tablespoons (3 1/2 ounces/105 g) unsalted butter; 1 3/4 cups (140 g) sliced almonds, preferably blanched; 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar; 1/2 cup (70 g) powdered sugar; 5 tablespoons (45 g) all-purpose flour; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 4 large egg whites; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 1 1/4 cups (6 ounces/170 g) blackberries

December 9, 2011

The almond-scented French cakes known as financiers are traditionally baked in small rectangular shapes meant to resemble bars of gold. Unless you’re loaded, you likely don’t have 12 fancy, expensive French rectangular baking molds lying around, so I’ve adapted this recipe for baking in a standard-size muffin tin, which works beautifully—and won’t lead you to finanicial ruin.

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