Can You Fig It Friands

featuring Can You Fig It | Adapted from All That’s Left Are The Crumbs

Active Time: 15 minutes 
Total Time: 35 minutes 
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ⅔ cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup almond meal
• 6 egg whites
• Pinch of salt
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• ½ cup Can You Fig It
• Sliced almonds (optional)
• Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
  
  

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350℉. 
2. Generously butter a 12-hole friand or muffin tin, then dust with a little flour, shaking out excess.
3. Sift the flour and sugar into a large bowl; then stir in the almond meal.
4. Place egg whites in a small bowl with salt and lightly froth with a fork, then add to the flour mixture with the melted butter and orange zest, stirring to combine.
5. Divide batter among friend/muffin holes, filling to a little more than half full.
6. Place two level teaspoons of Can You Fig It on the top of the batter and, using a cake tester or small knife, gently swirl in the jam.
7. Sprinkle sliced almonds on top, if desired
8. Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
10. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.