Banana Bourbon Financiers
A French-style tea cake with American flavors, these banana bourbon financiers are deliciously moist and nutty with caramelized bananas, a bit of bourbon, and chopped pecans.
Equipment
- 1 financier tin or muffin tin (see notes in recipe)
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp butter, plus 2 tbsp (1 for greasing the pan, 1 for the bananas) melted
- 1 tbsp sugar for greasing (can use flour instead)
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup almond flour
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 3 egg whites, whipped to soft peaks
- 1 banana
- 1 tbsp oil or butter
- 1-2 tbsp bourbon (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup finely chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 380°.
- Melt a tablespoon of butter in a small saucepan on medium-high heat. Peel and slice the banana into skinny slices (3/8 of an inch, roughly)
- Heat banana slices on one side for 3-minutes without turning over. Gently flip one banana slice to see if it's browning. If it isn't bump up the heat a little bit. Once golden brown, flip and cook for 2-3 more minutes. Mush them a bit with a fork and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, almond flour, salt and powdered sugar.
- In a medium size mixing bowl whip the egg whites for 2-3 minutes on medium high until soft peaks form. You'll know they're done when you can flip the bowl upside down and the whipped egg whites don't budge!
- Fold the egg whites into the flour mixture and mix until fully incorporated.
- Add the melted butter, bourbon, vanilla extract, and bananas to the batter and mix.
- In a financier pan or a muffin pan, grease and sugar or flour the pan. You should have about 6-8 muffins. Pour 2 tablespoons of batter into each mold if using a financier pan. If using a muffin tin, place roughly 3 tablespoons of batter in each muffin space. You should end up with 10 "financiers".
- Top with chopped pecans and bake in oven fo 15-16 minutes until a toothpick or knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes. Carefully remove the muffins and cool on cooling rack. These can also be frozen and saved for later!