Pecan And Burnt Butter Friands Food

FRIANDS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 200deg.
• C.
• Lightly grease 12 friand moulds.
• If friand moulds are not available, muffin tins can be used.
• Place dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
• Add egg whites and butter and stir again until the mixture is smooth.
• Spoon evenly into friand moulds and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the tops have started to crack and the edges are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest in moulds for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire cake rack to cool completely.
• Dust friands with icing sugar before serving.
• Variations: Before baking, friands can be topped with raspberries, rhubarb or blueberries.
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds and the grated rind of 2 lemons, oranges or mandarins can be added to the dry ingredients.
• If using citrus in the mixture, a glaze of melted marmalade can be brushed on the cooked friands whilst they are cooling.
• Friands are best eaten on the day they are made.

TOASTED PECAN BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F/165 degrees C.
• Spread the pecans onto a baking sheet; toast in the preheated oven until they start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, about 15 minutes. Watch carefully as they bake, they burn quickly. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Pulse the brown sugar, butter, and vanilla together in a food processor several times to thoroughly combine. Butter will be slightly fluffy. Sprinkle in the cooled nuts and pulse several times to combine. For more finely ground pecans, pulse several more times. Serve immediately, or pack into a jar with a lid and refrigerate.

BURNT BUTTER PECAN PIE

Steps:

• brown butter in saucepan until it is a golden brown -- do not burn.let cool.
• in seperate bowl, add ingredients in order listed -- stir.
• blend in browned butter well.
• pour into unbaked pie shell and bake at 425* for 10 minutes.then lower heat to 325* for 40 minutes.